MASN: The Role of the Professional School Nurse

Hendrina Cupery received her undergraduate degree in Nursing from Grand Valley State University and her graduate degree in Nursing Education from Michigan State University. She is a Nationally Certified School Nurse and is currently the Manager for the Holland Hospital School Nurse program. She has 29 years of nursing experience in the fields of Emergency Room nursing, Care Management and most recently, 20 years as a School Nurse. She is currently serving as the President-Elect for the Michigan Association of School Nurses and will transition to President July 1. She has also contributed content to the School Nurse Resource Manual.

Rachel has been a Michigan school nurse for over 20 years. She knew she wanted to be a school nurse even before she graduated from nursing school when she discovered that school nurses were able to work with children proactively to maintain their health therefore keeping them in school and learning alongside their peers! She currently is the School Nurse Consultant for Kent Intermediate School District and volunteers her time to work on the BOD for the Michigan Association of School Nurses. She is passionate about the work of a school nurse and the need to bring more nurses into this sector of public health in order to protect and serve our most vulnerable populations.