The MSNO Outlook is the official publication of the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization and a free benefit of membership. The MSNO Outlook is published three times annually and mailed to MSNO members.

Calling All School Nurse Writers

MSNO Outlook would like to hear from you! Three times a year you have the opportunity to voice your opinion, share an anecdote, report on a conference, or touch our hearts with a poem. This summer is the perfect time to sit down and write. Have you kept a collection of the funny things kids say? Can you write a review on a book you find invaluable or inspiring? Are you a new school nurse, thankful for having survived your first year? Have you retired and would like to share your wisdom with that new nurse? Perhaps you know a professional who has been helpful to you in your practice. Interview him/her and share it with our readers. Outlook is your newsletter - make a contribution!

Articles related to school nursing. Essays, editorials, reviews, humor, drama and poetry welcome. 500-1500 words.

Please email your articles to Carol Roupenian, MSNO Outlook Editor by March 28, 2008 at

roupenian@msno.org.

Articles included in the MSNO Outlook January 2008 issue were as follows:

President's Message: "What Would Florence Nightingale Say about HB 1139?" by Kathy Hassey, MSNO President

" MSNO Archives: Diane Gallagher, Nursing Archivist" by Beth Thomson, MSNOnurse Email Administrator

"Performance Troupe Raises Awareness of Teen Grief'" by Shelly Steward, The Children's Room

"Membership Report" by Robbie Cobbett, MSNO Membership Chair

"ADHD in the Trenches: A School Nurse's Experience" by Cathy Couture RN

"My Road to Good Health" by Beth Ziemba RN MSNO Vocational Technical Schools

"The Long and Winding Road: The Evolution and Equalization of School Nurses in Massachusetts " by Judy DeFalco

"Recommended Reading: The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M.Barry" reviewed by Wendy Doremus, RN, MS, NP Director of Health Services, Hudson Public Schools

"Regional News"

"NASN News" by Patti Wright, NASN Board of Directors Representative

"MSNO Fall Conference 2007" by Jodi Dromgoole RN School Nurse, Millbury

"Historian's Report" by Dorothy Keeney, MSNO Historian


"Which Identification Initials to Use?" by Kathy Hassey, President of MSNO


"MSNO Legislative Priorities 2007 - 2008" by Mimi Stamer, President-Elect of MSNO


"MSNO Legislative Activity and Updates" by Mimi Stamer, President-Elect of MSNO


"The Management of Students with Diabetes" by Mimi Stamer, President-Elect of MSNO


"The Massachusetts Comprehensive School Health Manual, 2nd Edition has Arrived" by Marie DeSisto RN, MSN Past President of MSNO

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