100th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

2002-2003 School Nursing's Centennial Year

October 1, 2002 marked the official beginning of a year-long celebration commemorating the 100th Anniversary of School Nursing.   NASN encourages you to honor this historic event.  We hope the information on these pages will support state and local efforts and inspire a year of observances. 

Left: School Nursing Pioneer Lillian Wald in Uniform, 1893. (Courtesy of the Visiting Nursing Service of New York)

Photos from the Kick Off Event

Resources and Materials

• 100 Year Tri-fold Brochure  

• 100 Year PowerPoint Presentation 
  (Author: Janice Denehy, Editor, Journal of School Nursing)

• 100 Year Celebration Kick-Off Press Release  

• Former Surgeon General to Speak at Celebration Kick-Off Press Release  

Links

• Official site of Henry Street Settlement 
  (Birth place of School Nursing)

• Henry Street Settlement write-up on the National  Register of the
  National Parks Service 

• Lillian Wald Exhibit on-line at the Jewish Women's Archive web site
  (Founder of Henry Street Settlement) 

• Lina L. Rogers
  (First Public School Nurse appointed by Lillian Wald)

• Some Phases of School Nursing an article by: Lina L. Rogers, R.N. 
  (1908); re-printed with permission from the American Journal of 
  Nursing, 8 (12), 966-974 

Articles

Wolfe, L. & Selekman, J. (2002). School Nurses: What it was 
and what it is. Pediatric Nursing, 28(4), 403-407. 
(register with Medscape.com and view the article at www.medscape.com/viewarticle/442679) 

Kiefner, J. J. (2002). 100 Years of School Nursing. Advance for Nurses,
October 11, 2002, 33 & 35. www.advancefornurses.com