Background
When did she become a school nurse?
October 1902
What percent did absentee rates fall by?
How many nurses did the school board fund?
400
Where was she a school nurse?
Lower Manhattan
How did school nurses help with poverty?
They kept the students in school by keeping them healthy
Did other states follow quickly or slowly?
Quickly
What book did she write?
"The school nurse"
Were immigration rate high or low?
High
Almost 120 years
Where was she trained
Canada
What did the immigrants suffer from?
Poverty
What rolls did school nurses play a part in?
Health care and education
When did she retire?
1914
Did the immigrants have acces to health care?
No
What does NASA stand for?
National Assosiation of School Nurses