NAME:
Mrs. Diane Gage, RN, BSN, MEd
SCHOOL:
Proctor Elementary School. M-F 8-3pm
SCHOOL PHONE:
508-351-7040 ext. 103. Fax: 508-351-7007
Greetings! I personally welcome you and your family to the Proctor
Elementary School. As the school nurse, I look forward to building a lasting
relationship with you and your children over the next six years. Please feel
free to call me, or send me an email, with any questions or concerns you may
have regarding your child. If I am unavailable to take your call, please
leave a message on my voice mail and I will call you back as soon as
possible.
"You cannot educate a child who is not healthy and you cannot keep a child
healthy who is not educated."
Jocelyn Elders
"School Nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that
advances the well being, academic success, and life-long achievement of
students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses
to normal development; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and
potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively
collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation,
self-management, self-advocacy, and learning."
National Association of School Nurses, 1999
"The School Nurse has a crucial role in the seamless provision of
comprehensive health services to children and youth. The role of the School
Nurse is serving as a team member in providing preventive services, early
identification of problems, interventions, and referrals to foster health
and educational success."
American Academy of Pediatrics Council on School Health, 2008