School Nurse Book Club Suggestions

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I am looking for book suggestions for my school nurse book club for next year. Previous titles have included: "The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down" by Anne Fadiman, "Deadly Choices: How the Antivaccine Movement Threatens Us All" by Paul Offit, "Crazy: A Father's Search Through America's Mental Health Madness" by Pete Earley, and "The Boy Who was Raised as a Dog and Other Stories From a Child Psychiatrist's Notebook" by Bruce Perry and Maia Szalavitz.

Anyone have any suggestions for books that pertain to school nursing?

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The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

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Specializes in Peds, NICU, Case Mgmt, Asthma Ed, CF.

Has anyone read "Brave Girl Eating: A Family's Struggle with Anorexia" by Harriet Brown?

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I haven't read any of these books, so they've all made it to my list and I've been looking to see if anyone else has responded. :)

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I inherited "A Child Called It" from the previous nurse, as well as "A Long Way from Henry Street: A Collection of Stories Written by School Nurses" which says it is "compliments of MacGill discount school nurse supplies." I wouldn't really say either of them are great books, but they both deal with school nursing.

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Glass Castle

Defending Jacob

There are No Children Here

The Color of Water

All Over but the Shoutin'

Cutting for Stone

Non-fiction:

Checklist Manifesto

Nudge

Tipping Point

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Specializes in Peds, NICU, Case Mgmt, Asthma Ed, CF.

There is also an article in the May, 2014 issue of NASN School Nurse about school nurse book studies. It has a list of titles that have been used by a rural school nurses for professional development. Looks like lots of good options.

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