As students head back to school, it's important that school nurses have the necessary resources to promote their well-being and encourage healthy habits that support lifelong wellness. NASN's back-to-school toolkit provides the tools you need to work closely with school staff, students, and administration to create a healthy environment where students can thrive.

Paid advertisement

NASN School Nurse remains the premier clinical resource journal for school nurses, providing information on emerging issues, innovation in school health, and organizational resources of interest and assistance to our specialty practice. NASN membership includes a subscription to NASN School Nurse.

See the September 2023 issue of NASN School Nurse, featuring these articles and more:

• Making Advocacy a Habit
• Strengthening School Nursing Through State-Level Infrastructure Supports
• The Changing Landscape of Substitute School Nursing: A School Nurse Administrator Roundtable

NASN School Nurse Editor Cynthia Galemore interviews Margaret Bultas and Elissa Brueggemann about the article "Celiac Disease and Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction: What School Nurses Need to Know." Listen here.

School nurses play a critical role in promoting health equity by advocating for students and connecting families to health services. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of school nurses in ensuring the health of students, families, and communities. The course Amplifying School Nursing Leadership through Connecting Health Equity & Student Success encourages a thought-provoking discussion of the role of the school nurse as a valued healthcare influencer and innovative leader beyond the nurse's office and into the community. This session was initially presented at Virtual NASN2022 and is now available in the NASN Learning Center.

The following are paid advertisements

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.

• Evolution of School Nurses (Source: dailynurse.com)
• New Warning About Minors Using Vaping, E-Cigarette Products (Source: nbcbayarea.com)
• School Nurses – More One Stop Shop Than Urgent Care (Source: thesylvaherald.com)
• Cherokee County School Nurse Earns Statewide Award From PTA (Source: tribuneledgernews.com)
• Wake County Sees Fewer School Nurse Vacancies to Start New Year (Source: wral.com)
• Hearing and Vision Problems Causing Issues With Kids’ Ability to Learn (Source: wymt.com)
• Lafayette High Nurse Comes Home to Give Back to Community (Source: valleytimes-news.com)
• UHS Holds School Nursing Training Day (Source: nyuhs.org)
• Red Lake School Nurse Reflects on Being Named 2023 MN Immunization Champion (Source: lptv.org)

Local school wellness policies (LWP) guide school districts' efforts to establish school environments that promote students' health, well-being, and learning ability. Looking through the lens of the Whole School, Whole Community, Whole Child model, and NASN's Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice™, school nurses with a credible expert voice and critical perspective can lead in expanding LWP to address the health and academic needs of students with chronic health conditions. The free access NASN School Nurse article Using LWP to Build a Culture of Health for Students With Chronic Health Conditions: The School Nurse Role details your role in the review, implementation, and evaluation of school wellness policies, highlights NASN's Managing Chronic Health Conditions in Schools—Model School Wellness Policy Supplement to improve care coordination for students with chronic health conditions, and more!

The CDC recently released the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Vaccination Coverage Among Adolescents Aged 13–17 Years — National Immunization Survey–Teen, United States, 2022, recommending clinicians review adolescent immunization histories, particularly for teens born in 2008 and those who are VFC-eligible, to ensure that they are up to date with all recommended vaccinations. Find resources for supporting catch-up vaccination.

• Build trust and vaccine confidence with NASN's Toolkit with Framing Strategies for School Nurses, offering evidence-based tips and techniques to support more productive communications about vaccinating children.

As a proud partner of the 2023 Attendance Awareness Campaign, NASN invites you to participate in the final webinar of the series, Sustaining Success: Investing in Showing Up, on Wednesday, September 27, 2023, at 3 PM ET. The webinar will cover practices and strategies we must sustain to improve engagement and attendance, the critical role of key stakeholders in promoting sustainability, how to effectively leverage multiple funding sources to ensure sustainability and more. Register for the webinar.

Supporting adolescent health has never been more important. Learn about CDC’s What Works In Schools, an approach to school-based health that can improve health behaviors and experiences, support mental health, and reduce suicidality in schools that implement the program.

• School Nurse Organization of Washington Fall Conference - Growth from Change - October 13-14, 2023. Learn more and Register

• Montana Association of School Nurses 2023 Fall Conference - October 19-20, 2023. Learn more

• Illinois Association of School Nurses 66th Annual Conference - Building for the Future: Emergency Preparedness, Advocacy, and Leadership - October 20-21, 2023. Learn more and Register

• Save the Date: School Nurse Organization of Minnesota Fall Conference - November 3-4, 2023. Learn more



• 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. 

Acceptance of advertising on the top or bottom ad banner or other ad placements in this newsletter or resource information listed within in no way implies endorsement of advertised or listed products or services by NASN.

No endorsement is intended or implied.