Governor Proclaims School Nurse Day

School Nurse Day

2025

By The Governor Of The State Of North Carolina

A Proclamation

Whereas, students are the future and, by investing in them today, we are ensuring a better world for tomorrow; and

Whereas, all students have a right to have their physical and mental health needs safely met while in school and families deserve to feel confident that their children will be cared for when they are in the school setting; and

Whereas, students today face more complex and life-threatening health problems requiring care in school; and school nurses have served a critical role in improving public health and in ensuring student’s academic success for more than 120 years; and

Whereas, school nurses address the home and community factors that impact students’ health and act as a liaison to the school community, families, and health care providers, on behalf of children’s health by promoting wellness and improving health outcomes for our nation’s children; and

Whereas, school nurses are professional nurses that advance the well-being, academic success, and life-long achievements of all students by serving on the front lines and providing a critical safety net for our nation’s most fragile children; and

Whereas, school nurses understand the link between health and learning and are in a position to make a positive difference for children every day;

Now, Therefore, I, Josh Stein, Governor of the State of North Carolina, do hereby proclaim May 7, 2025, as “School Nurse Day” in North Carolina, and commend its observance to all citizens.

In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Great Seal of the State of North Carolina at the Capitol in Raleigh this fifth day of MaPROC_y in the year of our Lord two thousand and twenty-fifth and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth.