Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN

Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN is a Nationally Certified School Nurse (NCSN), currently in her 18th year as a New Jersey school nurse in the Camden City School District. Robin serves as faculty in the School Nurse Specialty Program at Rutgers University-Camden School of Nursing, where she teaches the next generation of school nurses. She was presented the 2018 Rutgers University – Camden Chancellor’s Teaching Excellence Award for Part-time Faculty. She has been recognized in her home state of New Jersey and nationally for her community-based initiative called “The Community Café: A Conversation That Matters.” Robin is the honored recipient of multiple awards for her work in school nursing and population health. These awards include, 2018 NCSN School Nurse of the Year, 2017 Johnson & Johnson School Nurse of the Year, and the New Jersey Department of Health 2017 Population Health Hero Award. Robin has presented locally and nationally on school nursing topics as well as, Nursing Activism, The Power of Social Media in Nursing Practice, and Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs).

Sub-specialties: Nursing activism, Gun violence as a public health emergency, Social Media as a tool for nursing activism, Trauma-responsive schools as an antidote to Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)