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A.C. Moore Elementary Nurse Selected As S.C. School Nurse of the Year
Mrs. Duff is a nationally certified school nurse who also has a masters degree from the Arnold School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina. She has practiced school nursing at AC Moore for nine years. AC Moore is a school with many international students and many who are uninsured and have limited access to healthcare. To meet the healthcare needs of students, Mrs. Duff takes full advantage of partnerships with community organizations to assist families with establishment of medical homes, with the application process for Medicaid, with accessing preventive and acute healthcare, vision and dental care, and to provide transportation to and from appointments for students and parents. Mrs. Duff has organized and managed an eight-component Coordinated School Health Program at AC Moore since 2000. In addition to working to improve school health services at the school level, Mrs. Duff is very involved in professional activities at the state and national level. She has been active in South Carolina Association of School Nurses (SCASN) as long as she has been a school nurse. She has served as president-elect (1999-2000), president (2000-2002), newsletter co-editor (1996-2002), and has chaired many committees. She developed the SCASN web site and was instrumental in establishing and continues to coordinate the SCASN Annual Conference, a continuing education opportunity for school nurses. Other state level activities include participation on the School Nurse Program Advisory Committee lead jointly by DHEC and the Department of Education and the School Nurse Task Force at the Board of Nursing. Presently, she serves as the SCASN representative
to the Board of Directors of the National Association
of School Nurses (NASN). In her capacity as
State Director, she has been active in advocacy
for school health services and school nursing.
She has authored position statements, issue
briefs and newsletter articles, presented at
conferences, and organized a "Trip to
the Hill" in Washington, D.C., for South
Carolina school nurses. She will serve as State
Director until July, 2008.
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Carolyn Duff, RN, the school nurse at AC Moore
Elementary School was selected as the South
Carolina School Nurse (RN) of the Year. Dr.
Cleo Richardson, Deputy State Superintendent
of Education and Angie Olawsky, Associate Director
of Public Health Nursing for SC DHEC, presented
the award to Mrs. Duff at the 25th Annual School
Nurse Conference. The award is presented annually
by the South Carolina Department of Education
and South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control to a registered nurse
practicing as a school nurse, who has made
an outstanding contribution to the specialty
of school nursing.