Clark County School District Archives

Coordinators

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• Genevieve Arensdorf, RN was appointed in 1956 as the first nurse coordinator in the newly-created Clark County School District. She worked to define and standardize qualifications and practice for school nursing in Nevada.
   

• Lucille Bunker, RN was instrumental in having the district hire health clerks to help nurses with paper work, specifically to update student health cards and record screening data.
   

• Dee Grubbs, RN worked with state leaders in nursing and education to review and revise language regarding school nurse certification in Nevada. She developed the first handbook for school nurses, to clarify their role and standardize practice.
   

• Elizabeth Wilhelm, RN stressed the value and importance of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree as the basic academic preparation for professional school nurse practice.

Administrators

  When Betty Taylor Crabbe, RN was appointed as the first school nurse administrator (1980s) it was the beginning of School Health Services administration; nurses were now supervised and evaluated by a school nurse rather than by an outside discipline.

  Renee Ball, RN promoted and expanded the role of the professional school nurse within the school district and community. She continued to build on and refine school nurse practice by her ongoing involvement with School Health Services Policies and Procedures. Renee was the recipient of the March of Dimes “Nurse of the Year” Awards for both Community Health and Nurse Administrator.

  Sally Jost, RN became the first Director/Chief Nurse of Health Services. She worked to align policies and procedures with policy statements of the National Association of School Nurses; initiated efforts to establish and piloted an electronic health record; expanded collaboration with other related services departments; established policies, worked to develop and implement the CCSD Automated External Defibrillator (AED) program at CCSD high school sites; and established the Supplemental Home Services program. She expanded the collaboration, problem-solving and team building throughout the Related Services Departments and assume responsibility for the development of Health Related Partnerships for CCSD, including the expansion of School-Based Health Centers.

  Diana Taylor, RN, Director/Chief Nurse Health Services. Through her partnering, interaction and collaboration with personnel within health services and other CCSD departments, Healthmaster, the electronic student health record, was implemented. She worked with the Southern Nevada Health District on immunization compliance and poison prevention, with community partnerships to expand school-based health centers and with CCSD emergency management regarding disaster response.