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As the school nurse for the entirety of Yellow Medicine East District, Cassandra Suter is responsible for tending to 800-plus five-through-eighteen-year-olds.
“I would say that it’d be nice to clone myself at times,” she admits.
Of the series of new staff and teacher articles that have appeared in the A/T in preceding weeks, Suter is the last of those to be introduced. And if being last wasn’t injurious enough, in truth Suter is actually in her second year as the school nurse but failed to get her due recognition in 2010.
A Minnesota native, Suter grew up in Roseland, the middle child amidst her older sister, Mandy, and younger brother, Josh. Shortly after graduating from Willmar Senior high in 2003, she began working in the health field at the Willmar ACMC as a pediatric nursing assistant. While holding the position between 2005 and 2009, she moonlighted as a student at the Granite Falls Minnesota West Community and Technical College where she toiled away to obtain her nursing credentials.
“I graduated in May 2010 with an Associates degree in nursing ... I became licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Minnesota Nursing Board in July of 2011,” she said.
As the wife of YME Science teacher and three sport coach, Jake Suter, the nurse opening at the school was fortuitous for the pair who were married in the fall of 2008. At the very least, as the two have been living in Granite Falls since the December of that year, her daily commute has been shortened considerably.
As school nurse, Suter provides a range of services for students including routine medical care, first aid and emergency care, should the situation be required. In addition, she collaborates with Countryside Public Health to perform hearing and vision screening, and coordinates early childhood screening in the spring and fall on her own. As a member of the wellness committee, she also works to enhance and support the well-being of the entirety of the YME District, including the staff.
“There are so many students and it's hard to divide my time up. There’s also the goal to be able to do more. I'm definitely still learning how to make myself available to all in the best way possible,” she said.
Despite being pulled hither and thither, Suter says the diversity of tasks is actually one of the best aspects of her job.
“No one day is the same and I've learned to always expect the unexpected. I get to take on many different roles at different times and I have a great team of people here at the school to work with each day,” she said.
Always working to improve the level of the service she provides, it is tough to find enough hours in the day for work much less play. Nevertheless Suter loves to ride her bike, spend time with family, get outdoors, camp, read and just relax with her husband when she’s able to.
And for now, that’ll have to do. At least until the time when science is able to provide her with a genetically identical counterpart
As the school nurse for the entirety of Yellow Medicine East District, Cassandra Suter is responsible for tending to 800-plus five-through-eighteen-year-olds.
“I would say that it’d be nice to clone myself at times,” she admits.
Of the series of new staff and teacher articles that have appeared in the A/T in preceding weeks, Suter is the last of those to be introduced. And if being last wasn’t injurious enough, in truth Suter is actually in her second year as the school nurse but failed to get her due recognition in 2010.
A Minnesota native, Suter grew up in Roseland, the middle child amidst her older sister, Mandy, and younger brother, Josh. Shortly after graduating from Willmar Senior high in 2003, she began working in the health field at the Willmar ACMC as a pediatric nursing assistant. While holding the position between 2005 and 2009, she moonlighted as a student at the Granite Falls Minnesota West Community and Technical College where she toiled away to obtain her nursing credentials.
“I graduated in May 2010 with an Associates degree in nursing ... I became licensed as a Registered Nurse by the Minnesota Nursing Board in July of 2011,” she said.
As the wife of YME Science teacher and three sport coach, Jake Suter, the nurse opening at the school was fortuitous for the pair who were married in the fall of 2008. At the very least, as the two have been living in Granite Falls since the December of that year, her daily commute has been shortened considerably.
As school nurse, Suter provides a range of services for students including routine medical care, first aid and emergency care, should the situation be required. In addition, she collaborates with Countryside Public Health to perform hearing and vision screening, and coordinates early childhood screening in the spring and fall on her own. As a member of the wellness committee, she also works to enhance and support the well-being of the entirety of the YME District, including the staff.
“There are so many students and it's hard to divide my time up. There’s also the goal to be able to do more. I'm definitely still learning how to make myself available to all in the best way possible,” she said.
Despite being pulled hither and thither, Suter says the diversity of tasks is actually one of the best aspects of her job.
“No one day is the same and I've learned to always expect the unexpected. I get to take on many different roles at different times and I have a great team of people here at the school to work with each day,” she said.
Always working to improve the level of the service she provides, it is tough to find enough hours in the day for work much less play. Nevertheless Suter loves to ride her bike, spend time with family, get outdoors, camp, read and just relax with her husband when she’s able to.
And for now, that’ll have to do. At least until the time when science is able to provide her with a genetically identical counterpart
