Virtual Hill Day is Here!!!
Posted almost 6 years ago by Patricia Endsley
Dear MASN members,
Virtual Hill Day is here!
Please participate in NASN's Inaugural Virtual Hill Day that will focus on the
NURSE Act, S 2532/HR 5251. The NURSE Act will give to grants to Title I schools for school nurses where there is not already a school nurse. This will REALLy help us get more school nurses in MAINE!
TODAY (Tuesday) we will be tweeting to our Members of Congress!
Please tweet
- King @SenAngusKing
- Collins @SenatorCollins
- Poliquin @RepPoliquin
- (Pingree has already signed on!)
Sample (Tweet) Social Media Messages:
Hashtags to Use: (primary hashtag) #SupportNURSEact, #SchoolNurses4NURSEact, #StdtsWantTheNURSEact
Be sure to use .@ if you are beginning your tweet with a Twitter handle, as indicated below. There is no need for a period before the @ sign if a twitter handle is not in the beginning of the tweet.
Also, please make sure to add NASN's twitter handle @schoolnurses to the end of all tweets.
Sample Tweets to Use:
- School nurses play a key role in making sure that children are healthy, safe and ready to learn. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please co-sponsor the NURSE Act. #SchoolNurses4NURSEact @schoolnurses
- Today's student's face more medically complex conditions and chronic disease conditions which require the knowledge and assessment skills of a school nurse. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please Co-Sponsor the NURSE Act. #SchoolNurses4NURSEact @schoolnurses
- Children deserve to have their health needs met during the school day so that they can meet their full potential in school. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please Co-Sponsor the NURSE Act. #StdtsWantTheNURSEact @schoolnurses
- School nurses promote wellness, chronic disease management and perform early intervention services to reduce barriers to learning. (list @Legislatorhandles):, please Co-Sponsor the NURSE Act. #SupportTheNURSEact @schoolnurses
Please feel free to tweet your own message to your Member of Congress. Please include his/or her twitter handle, your message and one of the hashtags along with @schoolnurses.