Weekly Digest from NASN View as Webpage January 4, 2024 ICYMI: JOSN December Podcast An Update on State Legislation Supporting Menstrual Hygiene Products in US Schools Latest from NASN See more. Upcoming Events See more. Weekly Digest Archive See past issues.   President's Message Happy New Year! NASN has released its 2024 legislative priorities. These priorities focus on recognizing the critical role of school nurses in providing students access to quality health care, enabling every public school to have a full-time registered nurse on staff so that children are safe, healthy, and ready to learn, and increasing partnerships between school districts and colleges to train and certify various Specialized Instruction Support Personnel programs (SISPs) to better serve rural and lower-income school districts. Advocacy is an essential part of our work as school nurses. NASN offers advocacy tools to help you use your voice to advocate for our students and promote school nursing as a whole through systems-level changes. We must speak up and speak out to maintain the momentum we have gained. Kate King, DNP, MS, RN, LSN NASN President Better Health. Better Learning.™   NASN News and Highlights NASN School Nurse: New Issue and Podcast Available The January 2024 issue of NASN School Nurse features several research articles, letters, and an editorial. Here are a few highlights: Strategy and Outcomes An Interview With the New Editor of the NASN School Nurse Deaths From Drug Overdoses: What School Nurses Need to Know Paid advertisement In this month's NASN podcast, NASN School Nurse Editor Cynthia Galemore interviews Eileen Moss about the article "Development of an Evidence-Based Employee Wellness Program." Listen here. Understanding Data Privacy Laws NASN has launched the Data Privacy for School Nurses 2023: Navigating the Complex Minefield of Privacy Laws program. It will aid you in obtaining a working knowledge of health information privacy requirements under HIPAA and FERPA, articulating when and how each federal law may govern health information privacy and sharing in schools, and understanding how state privacy laws might affect student health information privacy. Related Resources: School Health Data Sharing Across Sectors The National School Health Data Set: Every Student Counts the School Nurse's Role in Data De-identification These educational offerings are free to NASN members. Not yet a NASN member? DISCOVER ALL THE BENEFITS OF NASN MEMBERSHIP, INCLUDING FREE NCPD PROGRAMS NOW.   The following are paid advertisements  School Vision Screening Made Simple - Introducing the Titmus Kaleidos We hear the same complaints from nurses about all hand-held vision screeners. Needing to turn off the lights, moving the unit back and forth, and fumbling with small devices. Now there is a solution… Learn About The Titmus Kaleidos   AMAZE Helps Take the Awkward Out of Growing Up! AMAZE is a tool that works to improve the ability of clinicians to provide high-quality healthcare services to young people and to teach them and their caregivers about sexual and reproductive health. Learn more   School Nurses in the News 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. Upstate Student’s Life Saved by AED, Family Shares Their Story (Source: wspa.com) Jackson Heights School Health Clinic Closed by City With Little Explanation (Source: queenseagle.com) Fentanyl Is Finding Its Way Into the Hands of Middle Schoolers. Experts Say Narcan in Classrooms Can Help Prevent Deaths (Source: cbsnews.com) Dozens of Kids With Blurry Vision Didn’t Have Eyeglasses. An Anchorage School Nurse Stepped in to Help (Source: adn.com) ‘I Never Thought I Would See Something Like That:’ School Nurse Discusses What Happened After Kids Were Exposed to Fentanyl (Source: wset.com) District Working to Make Narcan Available in Laconia Schools (Source: laconiadailysun.com) School Nurses Recognized (Source: taylorsvilletimes.com) ELHS Gets Funding for Drug Free Club and Drug Testing (Source: reviewonline.com) ‘It Was Time’: A School District in Clermont County Keeps Naloxone in Case Kids Overdose (Source: cincinnati.com)   Managing Chronic Health Conditions Supporting Students With Epilepsy With the impending release of NASN’s Seizure and Epilepsy Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) and CPG Implementation Toolkit, explore NASN’s Epilepsy Practice Page and discover the wealth of highlighted no-cost NCPD available to school nurses in the NASN Learning Center focused on the nursing care of students with epilepsy. Related Resources: Visit the CDC Healthy Schools Epilepsy in Schools page, which offers information and resources on epilepsy and managing epilepsy at school. School nurses can reduce the stigma associated with epilepsy by talking to school staff and families about the transition process after high school and starting to advocate for themselves. Learn more with educational videos for youth and free continuing education for healthcare professionals from conversationsaboutepilepsy.org.   Improving School Community & Student Health Leveling the Playing Field: A Concept of Operations for Pediatric Disaster Education Pediatric Disaster Education Concept of Operations (CONOPS) offers materials designed to be a “conversation starter” to promote the whole community inclusion of children in disaster preparedness and training. The Leveling the Playing Field Video introduces an overarching framework to achieve disaster readiness across disaster disciplines for infants, children, and youth. The content promotes equity and inclusiveness while aligning with the FEMA national disaster framework. Related Resources: School nurses are key members of the disaster preparedness team. See NASN's Disaster Preparedness resources. New CDC MMWR: Unintentional Firearm Injury Deaths Among Children and Adolescents The CDC recently released the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Unintentional Firearm Injury Deaths Among Children and Adolescents Aged 0–17 Years — National Violent Death Reporting System, United States, 2003–2021, highlighting the critical role of policymakers, health care professionals and others in partnering with parents, caregivers, and firearm owners to promote secure firearm storage. Related Resources: Listen to the NASN July 2023 podcast and hear NASN School Nurse Editor Cynthia Galemore interview authors Laurie Combe and Robin Cogan about the article "School Nurses Can Reduce Firearm Injuries and Deaths."   Mark Your Calendar   HIMSS24: Global Conference & Exhibition March 11-15, 2024 Connect, collaborate, and create with the brightest minds in health information and technology. View registration instructions. 2024 NASN Election Election Dates: March 15 - April 15, 2024 (conducted online) Meet the candidates. Save the Dates In-Person: June 28-July 1, 2024 Virtual: July 8-10, 2024 Registration opens soon! State Associations of School Nurses' Conferences Florida Association of School Nurses 28th Annual Conference - Reflect ♡ Refresh ♡ Refocus - February 2-3, 2024. Learn more and Register California School Nurses Organization 74th Annual Conference - Stay the Course Through Advocacy and Support - February 8-11, 2024. Learn more and Register Maryland Association of School Health Nurses Conference 2023 - Changing Tides: Current Trends, Research and Management in School Nursing - March 9, 2024. Learn more and Register. Save the Date: New Jersey State School Nurses Association Spring 2024 Conference - SCHOOL NURSES Make the Impossible, POSSIBLE - March 15-16, 2024. Learn more. School Nurse Organization of Washington - Spring Virtual Conference - Moving Forward: Mindset is Everything - Mar 15-16, 2024. Learn more. Vermont State School Nurses Association Spring Conference - March 16, 2024. Learn more and Register. Delaware School Nurse Association Spring Conference 2024 - Mar 22-23, 2024. Learn more. Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners 2024 Annual Conference - Opening Doors to School Health - March 22-24, 2024. Learn more and Register. Missouri Association of School Nurses Spring Conference - Giving Students the Best of Us - Apr 13-14, 2024. Learn more and Register. Ohio Association of School Nurses 2024 Annual Conference - Our Future is Bright - Apr 19-21, 2024. Learn more. NASN Calendar of Events This calendar includes upcoming events hosted by NASN and NASN affiliate school nurse organizations. Access the calendar. NASN CALENDAR National Health Observances Calendar This calendar lists special days, weeks, or months dedicated to raising awareness about important health topics. Access the 2024 calendar. OBSERVANCES 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.   NASN | nasn.org National Association of School Nurses | 1100 Wayne Avenue, Suite 925, Silver Spring, MD 20910 Unsubscribe [email protected] Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice Sent by [email protected]