[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Pages 20732-20733]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                     IN RECOGNITION OF NANCY NADEL

 Mr. CARPER. Mr. President, I rise today to recognize Nancy 
Nadel, recipient of the Delaware School Nurse of the Year award. Nancy 
has dedicated her life to her family and to the thousands of school 
children whose lives she has touched.
  Nancy was born in Wilmington on September 16, 1952. She graduated 
from John Dickinson High School in 1970 and received her bachelor's 
degree in school nursing in 1974 from the University of Delaware. 
During college, Nancy joined the U.S. Army after graduation and was 
assigned to Fitzsimons Army Medical Center in Aurora, CO. She retired 
as a Lieutenant Colonel in 1996 from the United States Army Reserve. In 
1979, Nancy received her master's degree in school nursing and her 
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Certificate from the University of 
Colorado.
  Nancy returned to Delaware in 1983. Three years later, she became the 
school nurse for the Baltz Elementary School and remained there until 
1995, when she went to Forest Oak Elementary School. At Forest Oak, she 
is known as a nonassuming person, who has a ``quiet way about doing 
what she does best--being a school nurse.'' She is kind to the children 
and always looking out for their best interests.
  In 2002, Nancy started a fitness program at Forest Oaks Elementary. 
Having been inspired by a talk on obesity at the National School Nurses 
Convention, she submitted a grant application, and was awarded $3,300 
from the State of Delaware to implement her program. The program 
promotes increased physical activity and healthy nutrition in first to 
fourth graders. Nancy hopes to expand the program to also include 
students in kindergarten and fifth grade and to teachers and staff.
  Nancy has also helped coordinate a bike safety program and helmet 
program, taught open airways classes to empower students with asthma in 
self care, collaborated with the school guidance counselor and 
psychologist to meet the emotional and educational needs of students 
and presented staff education programs in diabetes, asthma and 
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
  Nancy is a member of Sigma Theta Tau, the international nursing honor 
society, the National Association of School Nurses, the Delaware School 
Nurses Association, DSNA, and was a member of the DSNA Continuing 
Education Committee from 1990-1995. Nancy also serves on the Red Clay 
Nurse Liaison Committee, is the computer representative for the Red 
Clay School nurses, and is a member of the revision committee for the 
school nurse technical assistance manual.

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  Nancy is married to Joe Nadel, a psychologist and teacher at Wesley 
College. She has four children, Katie, Carolyn, Dan, and Susan, and 
three stepchildren, Joe, Ian and Mike. In her spare time, she 
volunteers at Mary Mother of Hope House II by sponsoring food, linen 
and gift drives at their shelter.
  Nancy is an amazing human being. She has been and remains deeply 
committed to her family, her students, and her community. She has 
helped shape the lives of thousands in the halls of the institutions 
she served, and in the hearts of those who have been lucky enough to 
call her their friend. I rise today to honor and to thank Nancy for her 
selfless dedication to the betterment of others. She is a remarkable 
woman and a testament to the community she represents.

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