Rock Star Nurse Award!
After asking you to tell us about "Rock Star School Nurses", we were flooded with nominations from all over the country! There are a lot of Rock Star school nurses out there and we're pleased to spotlight some of you during National Nurses Week!

We acknowledge how busy you all are, and we are grateful that you took the time to submit these nominations! Hearing wonderful things about school nurses is always such a delight!

We're excited to announce today, Tuesday, May 7th the "Rockstar School Nurse" is Denise Unruh, RN, BSN from Beaufort County School District in South Carolina.

Denise was nominated by Melinda McCarter, RN, BSN the District Float Nurse who shared the reason for the nomination: 
"Denise goes above and beyond for her nursing team. She will fight for her school nurses not only on a daily basis, but she is very passionate about ensuring that her nurses are at the top with competitive pay and fighting for their job titles at the district level , supporting them in time of need.
 She brings strong assets to her role and our group is incredibly fortunate to have them as our administrator 
Connects and Collaborates: She is always available to give advice and problem-solve
She has a wonderful understanding of the Nursing Department and is a big advocate for the nursing department and the school nurses.
Learns and Grows: Just completed the University of South Carolina, School Nurse Leadership Training.
Doing Great Things: She will go above and beyond the call of duty in pursuing excellence
Always looking how to make the department more efficient.
Looking into services to better assist with our student's healthcare needs, i.e., vision van, immunization van, dental van and looking into to providing VFC program for our nursing department.
Be An Owner: Has developed many processes and procedures over the years for managing our department.
Continually growing our department to meet the needs of our school nurses and our student acuities.
We couldn't ask for a better leader!"
Congratulations to Denise Unruh, RN, BSN!!

This is just one reason why ALL school nurses rock! Especially during this week we want to show our appreciation for all you nurses!

It is truly incredible what you do for your students and staff. Thank you for all the hard work, dedication and kindness you so freely give.


School Nurses ROCK !