Taking Care
School nurses are busier than ever, and at least one Trumbull County school district has been adding medical professionals as a remedy. “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,” notes the National Association of School Nurses, a non-profit specialty nursing organization which represents school nurses and is dedicated to improving the health and educational success of children.
» Full StoryKeep your child's smile bright
Nothing can melt a heart like a child’s smile. Those tiny little baby teeth on a 4-year-old are precious, but when should a parent take their child to the dentist to preserve that smile for life?
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Bundles of joy
The Weavers have a rule in their home: Whoever screams the loudest gets fed first.
Competition between crying infants, however, may be more intense than in other homes, as the Weavers are proud parents of quadruplets.
To the rescue
Beginning in November, there will be a new friendly face flying the skies of northeastern Ohio.
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GIRARD CITY BOARD OF HEALTH will meet at 7 p.m. today, in Council Chambers, upstairs of the City Building.
RECOVERY INC., a self-help mental health group, will meet at 7 p.m.
Kids and colds
’Tis the season for sharing sickness. Local children now are back in class, paling around with peers and spreading germs.
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