June 12, 2022; Vol 3, Issue 19 | |
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MSNO Board Members appreciate how tired many of you are at the end of a challenging 2.5 years of school nursing.
Thanks to your advocacy and MSNO persistence over the past 5 years, we are closer than ever before to getting the postural screening bill to a vote by legislators.
Please find 5 minutes this week to contact your legislators about the postural screening bill! See below for next steps.
The School Medicaid bill has gone to study (died during this legislative cycle) and the Senate amendment for the state budget for the DPH School Health Services line item did not pass.
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POSTURAL SCREENING BILL UPDATE | |
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The postural screening bill, an Act to update postural screening requirements in schools (House Bill 2335 accompanied by Senate Bill 1401) would reduce the mandated frequency of postural screening from students in all five grades (5, 6, 7, 8, 9) annually to students in one grade (6,7,8, or 9) annually.
The bill was recently reported favorably by Health Care Finance Joint Committee (made up of House and Sente legislators) and moved to the House Ways and Means (HWM) Committee, thanks in part to the more than 140 school nurses who contacted their legislators in March and April! What this means is that the Joint Finance Committee believes it would be a good bill to consider. Now the HWM Committee will further consider it and present it to the floor of the House for a vote. If the House votes to approve it, it would move to the Senate for consideration.
If your representative is on the Ways and Means Committee listed below, please call their office to ask them to support the bill! You can find their phone # and email by clicking on their name on the HWM Committee webpage: https://malegislature.gov/Committees/Detail/H34/192
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Please email MSNO Region 5 Co-chair, Marette Power, pennurse86@gmail.com, to let her know who you contacted to help us with this state level advocacy for the postural screening bill. Marette has kindly offered to help Jenny Gormley, Carilyn Rains and the MSNO Advocacy Committee with this project.
Thank you for your efforts!
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MSNO BOARD MEMBERS- EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Elected) | |
Doreen Crowe, MEd, BSN, RN
as of July 1, 2020
Director of Nursing Services
Arlington Public Schools
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Jenny Gormley, DNP, RN, NCSN
as of July 1, 2020
Region 9 Co-Chair
Director, Northeastern University School Health Academy
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Cathryn Hampson, MSN, RN, NCSN
President Elect, Region 6 Chair
as of July 1, 2020
Nursing Coordinator/School Nurse
No Middlesex Reg. School District
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Jessica Gervais, MS, BSN, RN
MSNO Secretary
Secretary & Collaborative Nurse Co-Chair
School Nurse, Assabet Valley Collaborative
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Kathleen Charette, MEd, MSN, RN
MSNO Vice-President Programs
School Nurse, Tantasqua Regional School District
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Carilyn Rains, MEd, RN
NASN Director
Director of School Health Services
Plymouth Public Schools
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Lee Waingortin, MSN, RN, NCSN
Treasurer
Director of Nursing
Milford Public Schools
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MSNO BOARD MEMBERS - FULL BOARD
(Appointed)
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Kathy Hassey, DNP, MEd, BSN, RN
Director, Northeastern University
School Health Academy
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Denise Schwerzler, MSN, RN, NCSN
School Nurse, Weston Public Schools
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Terry Grimm, BSN, RN, NCSN
School Nurse
Belmont Public Schools
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Barbara Hedstrom, MSN, RN, NCSN
School Nurse
No. Andover Public Schools
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Pat Hoban, MEd, BSN, RN, NCSN
Retired School Nurse
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Adria Pavletic. MSN, MS, RN, NCSN
Director of Health Services
St. Mark's School
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Shanyn Toulouse, MEd, BSN,
RN, NCSN
New Rep to Safe & Supportive Schools Commission
Regional Nurse Consultant
Haverhill Public Schools
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Kate Maher, DNP, RN, NCSN
Collaborative Nurse Co-Chair
MS-CHCNS, RN
Director of Nursing,
Assabet Valley Collaborative
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Volunteer wanted!
Your name here!
Region 1 Co-Chair
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Judi McAuliffe, RN, NCSN
Region 1 Co-Chair & NESNC Liaison
School Nurse, Retired
Pembroke Public Schools
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Cheryl Baczak, MSN, RN
North Andover Public Schools
North Andover, MA
Barbara Hedstrom, MSN, RN, NCSN
Retired School Nurse
Region 2 Co-Chairs
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Kathleen Charette, MEd, MSN, RN
Region 3 Co-Chair
Tantasqua Regional School District
Sturbridge, MA
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Kathleen Schoemer, RN, MSN, CPNP-PC
Region 3 Co-Chair
School Nurse
Oxford Public School District
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Estibaliz McCoy, BSN, RN
Region 4 Chair, MSNO Communications Consultant
Quality Improvement & Immunization Nurse, Deerfield Academy
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Your name here!
Region 4 Co-Chair
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Marette Power, BSN, RN, NCSN
Region 5 Co-Chair
Lead Nurse
Cape Cod Collaborate School
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Stacey Schakel,
MSN,M.Ed.,CAGS, RN, NCSN
Region 5 Co-Chair
School Nurse,
KC COOMBS Elementary
Mashpee Public Schools
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Your name here!
Region 6 Co-Chair
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Patty Wright, MEd, BSN, RN, NCSN
Retired School Nurse & Administrator, Weston Public Schools
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Karen Rufo, MSN, RN
Region 7 Co-Chair
School Nurse Administrator
Natick Public Schools
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Karen Roberto, MEd, BSN, RN, NCSN
Co-Chair NESNC Liaison
& Region 8 Chair
School Nurse
Medford Public Schools
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Roselaine Charlucien-Koech, DNP, MEd, RN
NESNC Liaison & Region 8 Co-Chair
School Nurse
Boston Public Schools
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Lee Ann David, BSN, RN, NCSN
Region 9 Co-Chair
Lead Nurse Support Specialist
Billerica Public Schools
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Judy Aubin, RN, MSN,
\NCSN-E, MEd
Region 10 Co-Chair
Retired School Nurse Leader
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Wanda Nunes MSN, BSN, RN
Region 10 Co-Chair
Supervisor of Nurses
New Bedford Public Schools
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