Listen to the JOSN August Podcast, where Martha Dewey Bergren, editor of JOSN, interviews author Krista Schroeder to discuss the article "The Association of School Nurse Workload With Student Health and Academic Outcomes: A Cross-Sectional Study." It is crucial to utilize a data-driven approach to measure the work and impact of school nurses to advance our position as population health leaders, and advocate for financial and policy support for our role.

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A system-level health equity lens is needed to meet the needs of today's students. The Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a familiar approach used in schools to address education equity for students. The NASN School Nurse article Designing School Health Services to Provide Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for All Students offers valuable insights into how MTSS aligns with school health services and school nursing practice; and how you can garner a "seat at the table" with the school MTSS team to create a shared vision to plan, implement, and evaluate the three tiers of MTSS when applied to both education and health.



NASN membership keeps school nurses current with print and online subscriptions to the premier clinical resource journal NASN School Nurse.

• Additional NASN Resources: Check out NASN's no-cost NCPD program Incorporating MTSS into School Health Services to Promote Health Equity.

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This section highlights news stories featuring NASN and school nurses. If you have a story about school nurses you'd like us to consider including, please send it to us.

• Super School Nurses: Beyond Skinned Knees & Stomach Aches (Source: statecollege.com)
• Cherokee Schools Announces School Nurse of the Year (Source: tribuneledgernews.com)
• Nursing alum honored as Idaho’s 2022 School Nurse of the Year (Source: boisestate.edu)
• Colorado Expanded School Nurse Grant Program Awards Over $4 Million to Address Growing Need for Nurses Across the State (Source: cdphe.colorado.gov)
• Nurse Colley Shifts From Student to Caregiver at W.F. Burns (Source: valleytimes-news.com)
• Back to School Means Check Vaccine Status (Source: newsandtribune.com)
• Health Staff: Children’s Tooth Decay an Issue (Source: imperialrepublican.com)
• Anderson Co. Schools’ Nursing Clinics Remodeled Ahead of New School Year (Source: wbir.com)
• AED Donation (Source: thevwindependent.com)

Are you a school nurse looking for information on how to assist students transitioning from pediatric to adult epilepsy care? NASN's free NCPD panel presentation, Transition for Students with Epilepsy: The Role of the School Nurse, can help. This presentation provides information on the school nurse role in transitioning students from pediatric to adult epilepsy care and includes the legal requirements and resources needed to support these students.

Additional Resources:

• Learn to identify and reduce stigma for students with epilepsy and about risks and causes of Sudden Unexplained Death in Epilepsy (SUDEP) to assist in educating and supporting school staff and families with the program Epilepsy Care Considerations for School Nurses: Stigma and SUDEP and earn 1.0 NCPD contact hour.
• See NASN's no-cost Supporting Students with Epilepsy: A Transition Toolkit for School Nurses.

Likes vs. Learning: The Real Cost of Social Media for Schools

School districts across the country are facing a daunting challenge as they struggle to address the harmful effects of social media on student learning and well-being. A recent report from the American Federation of Teachers calls on social media platforms to make fundamental changes to their products that could dramatically improve the day-to-day experiences of millions of students and educators—both online and in schools.

• NASN Resources: See NASN's NCPD program, The Biopsychosocial Impact of Tech Dependence: It's Putting Us At Risk, which highlights the biological, psychological, and social impacts of today's technology use and earn 1.0 NCPD contact hour. Free for NASN members!

August is Children's Eye Health and Safety Month

As many kids head back to school, Prevent Blindness offers free resources, including fact sheets and social media graphics in English and Spanish, toolkits, and webpages on a variety of topics, including myopia, amblyopia, strabismus, eye safety in relation to digital screen time, the importance of vision screenings, financial assistance programs, and much more. Additionally, Prevent Blindness is debuting a new episode in the online Focus on Eye Health Expert Series, “Children’s Vision and Eye Health." 

• NASN Resources: Visit NASN's Vision and Eye Health page for guidance for school nurses and others involved in front-line vision screening.

Save the Date: NASN2024 Call for Presentations

Submission Site Opens: August 16

NASN invites you to submit an oral or poster presentation for In-Person or Virtual NASN2024! 

Access the information and guidelines.

NASN2023 Deadline to Earn NCPD for Both

In-Person and Virtual

October 12

NASN encourages you to evaluate activities while the information is fresh in your mind.

Steps to receive NCPD contact hours.

• Save the Date: Colorado Association of School Nurses 2023 Fall Conference - Mastering Self-Efficacy: A Key to School Nursing Success - November 3-5, 2023. Learn more

• Save the Date: West Virginia Association of School Nurses 2023 Fall Conference - November 9-11, 2023. Learn more

• Indiana Association of School Nurses Conference 2023 - THE TIME IS NOW - November 15-16, 2023. Learn more and Register

NASN Calendar of Events

This calendar includes upcoming events hosted by NASN and NASN affiliate school nurse organizations. Access the calendar.

National Health Observances Calendar

This calendar lists special days, weeks, or months dedicated to raising awareness about important health topics. Access the 2023 calendar. 

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