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

• Inclusivity: Starting With Ourselves
• Social Media Usage and Its Effects on the Psychological Health of Adolescents
• Data Collection: Time to revisit the WHY, WHAT, and HOW

NASN School Nurse remains the premier clinical resource journal for school nurses. NASN membership includes a subscription to NASN School Nurse.

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School nurses can learn to utilize the collection of data to drive the services they deliver and share that data to support the mission of the school, which is student academic success. NASN's new NCPD program, School Health Data Sharing Across Sectors, presented initially as a webinar, helps school nurses understand privacy law governing the health data they collect and maintain and how to share data in compliance with the law.

Gloria E. Barrera, MSN, RN, PEL-CSN, Illinois Association of School Nurses' (IASN) Past President and current Board Member, ANA-Illinois' Nurse Influencer of the Year, has been nominated by peers and named a finalist for Nurse.org's Best of Nursing Awards, Nurse Leader of The Year! You can vote for the first school nurse to win the award! Voting closes on November 19, 2023. 

Listen to the NASN November Podcast, where NASN School Nurse Editor Cynthia Galemore interviews Sheryl Bennett, Ellen McCabe, and Allison Squires about the article, "Language Access for Families With LEP Why Does It Matter?"

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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.

• Third Grader’s School Nurse Makes Lifesaving Discovery, Mom Says (Source: nbc15.com)
• Health Equity in APS (Source: facebook.com)
• Brittney Frost named Rutherford County Schools Nurse of the Year (Source: rcschools.net)
• School Nurse Talks About Helping Migrant Students Showing Up at Her School (Source: 9news.com)
• JCPS Expands School Telehealth Program; Here’s What It Means (Source: whas11.com)
• LCCTC Students View Open-Heart Surgery (Source: ncnewsonline.com)
• Districts Weighing Question of Placing Narcan in Schools to Prevent Potential Overdose Deaths (Source: wbtv.com)
• Health Officials Say Overdose-Reversal Kits in Schools Can Save Lives (Source: wmur.com)

Symptoms of long-COVID have the potential to impact the student's physical and cognitive ability in school. The NCPD program, Long COVID-The New "Invisible Illness," initially presented at Virtual NASN2022 and newly released in the NASN Learning Center, aims to raise awareness of the effects of long-COVID in the pediatric and adolescent population, preparing schools to meet the needs of all students. Participants will be able to articulate the symptoms, describe the effects on learning/stamina, and possible accommodations necessary to support and advocate for the physical/cognitive needs of a student with long-COVID.

• Related Resources: You can learn more about ME/CFS and Post-COVID Conditions, your role, and resources available with NASN's no-cost NCPD program ME/CFS and Long-COVID: The School Nurse Role in Identifying Children with Chronic Illness.

Join the Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs for the final children and family health webinar in the back-to-school series on Thursday, November 16, 2023, at 1 PM ET. The webinar will feature speakers from the White House's Office of Pandemic Preparedness and Response Policy, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration, and the CDC to discuss protecting against respiratory illnesses this holiday season, RSV immunizations and getting children caught up on pediatric immunizations post-pandemic. Register for the webinar.

Related Resources: The Public Health Foundation developed this toolkit for healthcare providers with evidence-based strategies, tools, and resources to help get routine immunization coverage back to pre-pandemic levels. ​

This academic year, school districts will play a central role in protecting millions of children and youth from losing their Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) coverage. This HHS checklist is designed to help school districts take immediate action to ensure that students maintain access to affordable health coverage.

Related Resources: NASN believes that promoting continuous and initial Medicaid and CHIP coverage provides health benefits and supports health equity for eligible children and adolescents.

This week, we celebrate National School Psychology Week and recognize the invaluable contributions of school psychologists in promoting student success. This year's theme is "Let's Grow Together," inspired by the importance of personal and shared strengths in growth as individuals and school communities in every season of life.

Related Resources: As members of school-based mental and behavioral health teams, school nurses collaborate with school psychologists to prevent mental health problems among youth, as well as identify and support youth who do have mental health problems.

With diagnosed cases of type 1 and type 2 diabetes increasing among youth in the United States, it’s critical to pay attention to student’s vision and eye health: the longer a person has diabetes, the greater the risk for diabetes-related eye disease. During Diabetes-related Eye Disease Awareness Month, Prevent Blindness has a new fact sheet. Diabetes + The Eyes: Vision Health in Youth Fact Sheet provides detailed information on what parents and school nurses need to know to help youth with diabetes protect their eye health.

• West Virginia Association of School Nurses 2023 Fall Conference - Coming Together as One - 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

• Delaware School Nurse Association Fall Conference - November 16, 2023. Learn more and Register

• Tennessee Association of School Nurses Fall Conference - Come Together - November 29-30, 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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