Weekly Digest from NASN View as Webpage Weekly Digest NASN news & updates April 29, 2020 Petition to Fund 10K School Nurses Sign the petition. NASN News and Highlights See more. Upcoming Events See more. Weekly Digest Archive See past issues. Follow Us on Social ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ President's Message NASN and I are closely following the needs of school nurses surrounding school re-entry. I am pleased to direct you to the first of several documents providing The School Nursing Role in Re-Entry Guidance. It is through the collaboration of many school nurses, affiliate leaders, board members and strategic partners that this work is possible. More documents will be developed over the course on the next several weeks that address the Role of State School Nurse Consultants, The Role of Affiliates, and critical collaborations for school nurses. We also have a petition open to fund 10,000 school nurses, and I encourage you to sign it and pass it along to your networks. In less than 24 hours after we opened the petition, we had more than 6,000 signatures! I am proud to be a school nurse and hope that you are too. We are #InItTogether. #NASNStrong Laurie Combe, MN, RN, NCSN NASN President BETTER HEALTH. BETTER LEARNING. ™ NASN News and Highlights Sign NASN's Petition to Fund 10,000 School Nurses When schools reopen, it is imperative that school nurses -- frontline healthcare providers -- are present so that students can be healthy, safe and ready to learn at school. Please sign NASN's petition to the White House to fund 10,000 school nurses for the upcoming school year now -- as the critical discussions on how this country reopens its schools in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic begin. SIGN THE PETITION COVID-19 Survey for School Nurses NASN invites you to participate in a survey to better understand how COVID-19 has impacted health in schools, and the role school nurses are playing during this time. NASN hopes to use the information to better inform future policy as to the needs of schools related to infection control measures and health crises, as well as highlight the activities of school nurses. Please complete the survey by May 1, 2020. COVID-19 SURVEY Podcast: The Role of the School Nurse in Creating a Vape-Free School NASN School Nurse Editor, Cynthia Galemore, interviews authors Lisa Frey Blume and Shannon Lines about their article, "The Role of the School Nurse in Creating a Vape-Free School" in the NASN May 2020 Podcast. You can read the featured article via open access for 60 days. LISTEN TO THE PODCAST The Power of Data and School Nurse Visits and Academic Success Didn't have a chance to join our webinars for Data Series? Our three-part series of webinars are back on demand. During the first webinar, Mr. Reddicks will share how his schools have used data from the school nurses’ office and student academic data to illustrate the link between school nurses and academic progression. THE POWER OF DATA School Nurse Day Theme: Supporting Students in Times of Crisis This year's theme – School Nurses: Supporting Students in Times of Crisis – reinforces the changing times of 2020. This year, more than ever, all members of our school communities, school nurses included, have been required to take on unprecedented roles and adapt quickly to changes in their jobs. We celebrate and honor the significant role school nurses play in the health and safety of their schools and communities during this crisis. SCHOOL NURSE DAY RESOURCES COVID-19 Updates NASN Resources Interim Guidance: Role of the School Nurse in Return to School Planning Interim Guidance on the Role of the State School Nurse Consultant -- Return to School Planning Template Letter to School Administration for Inclusion of School Nurses in Planning Template Letter to State and Local Leaders for Inclusion of School Nurses in Planning CDC Resources  Overall updates Guidelines for Opening Up America Again School Nurses Are Still Providing Medical Care to Students During Coronavirus Sore throats and fevers drove dozens of students into the office of school nurse Mary Pappas on a Thursday morning in the spring of 2009. A school nurse for nearly three decades, Pappas hadn’t seen anything like this before, so she reported her students’ symptoms to the New York City Health Department, as the New York Times reported at the time. She was later credited with discovering the first cluster of swine flu in the state. Her efforts sparked a national response to the looming H1N1 pandemic. In the face of public health crises, school nurses have a vital role to play, says Donna Mazyck, executive director of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). In the age of the coronavirus, teaching kids how to wash their hands and cover their coughs is just the tip of the iceberg for school nurses. Mazyck says they're also expected to provide crucial medical expertise on infectious diseases and to help coordinate emergency responses at the district level. And although the virus has shuttered many schools altogether, many nurses continue to hold virtual appointments, providing families with both medical advice and a comforting presence in a time of uncertainty. Read the full story. Managing Chronic Health Conditions People with Diabetes - COVID-19 Prevention Recommendations People with diabetes are among the most vulnerable to severe complications and death caused by the coronavirus. NASN is one of the 50 partner organizations supporting the JDRF-Beyond Type 1 Alliance recommendations to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus and to keep people safe. Go to coronavirusdiabetes.org for the recommendations and a variety of other resources. Improving School Community and Student Health Nurses Are Trying to Save Us From the Virus, And From Ourselves In an era when no one seems to trust anyone, we trust nurses. “But I don’t think that means people really understand what nurses do,” says Laurie Combe, president of the National Association of School Nurses. It’s a complex job, requiring knowledge of both biochemistry and psychology, in myriad environments. Nurses are helping your fourth-grader learn to track her insulin levels at school, and they are putting pressure on a gunshot wound at 2 a.m. while noting that the victim has no pulse. They are monitoring both your heart rate and your spirit. When they touch your arm, in what would appear to be a simple gesture of friendliness, they are also testing if you’re hot, swollen, dehydrated, tremoring. Read the full story in The Washington Post. Opportunities & Networking NASN2020 is Going Virtual NASN is transitioning the Annual Conference to a virtual experience. Virtual NASN2020 will kick off on the same dates, will have a new look, new time slots for speakers, exciting new approaches to speaker engagement and interactivity with attendees, an updated lineup and exciting new additions. Virtual NASN2020 will take place from June 29-July 3 online. Here are some key details: June 29: Familiarize yourself with the virtual environment. June 30-July 3: Content will begin at 11 a.m. EDT and end around 4:30 p.m. EDT. SEE REGISTRATION OPTIONS Mark Your Calendar COVID-19 and Asthma: Lessons Learned and a Look Forward Tuesday, May 5, 2020 – 4 P.M. Eastern Dr. Purvi Purikh and Dr. Jackie Eghrari-Sabet will join Allergy & Asthma Network President & CEO Tonya Winders to mark World Asthma Day with a program that will look at the latest information on COVID-19, telehealth, digital health and the COVID-19 registry as we explore the impact on the healthcare system and respiratory patients. COVID-19 AND ASTHMA Cannabis: The Effects on Patients with Respiratory Conditions Thursday, May 21, 2020 – 4 P.M. Eastern Join us as Dr. William Silvers leads us through a program where you will learn the spectrum and prevalence of allergic reactions to cannabis, updated information on diagnosis and management, the benefits and harms of cannabis. CANNABIS NASN Calendar of Events This calendar includes upcoming events hosted by NASN and NASN affiliate school nurse organizations. Access the calendar. 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