NASN School Nurse Editor, Cynthia Galemore, interviews authors Vickie Beckwith and Jennifer Beckwith about the article, "The Role of the School Nurse in Increasing Instructional Time Using Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Behavior (MTSS-B): A Quality Improvement Project".

Did you know that November is National Diabetes Awareness Month? Share the Warning Signs of Type 1 diabetes with your school community in your school newsletter and on social media using #T1DWarningSigns. (P.S. Want to know more about our partnership with Beyond Type 1 to highlight the importance of recognizing the signs? Find resources, including downloadable posters and more information here.)

NASN Director of Research, Erin D. Maughan, PhD, MS, RN, PHNA-BC, FNASN, FAAN, is the recipient of the American Public Health Association’s School Health Education and Services 2020 School Health Leader Award. Dr. Maughan is being recognized as a school health professional who shows evidence of significant leadership and contributions in the areas of school health services, program development, research and/or advocacy. Dr. Maughan is recognized for her contributions to addressing the needs of vulnerable populations and improving school-age children’s health around the word through research and data.

Delegation is an important part of care coordination under NASN's Framework for 21st Century Nursing Practice^TM. However, the delegation of nursing tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) is a complicated and challenging process for school nurses. Learn how delegation of nursing tasks in the school setting can serve to help meet these students’ healthcare needs. This course was originally presented at Virtual NASN2020 and is now available in the NASN Learning Center. Learn more or enroll in School Nursing Delegation: Do’s and Don’ts of the D-Word.

NASN joined the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) for an episode of their Allies in Infection Prevention Podcast. This podcast series focuses on collaborative efforts and opportunities for different disciplines to address and confront the COVID-19 pandemic. Take a listen to Challenges and Collaboration in the Classroom with School Nurses featuring NASN President Laurie Combe here.

Care Coordination is one of the five principles in NASN’S Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice^TM. In April 2018, NASN convened a roundtable to identify key components of a collaborative approach to manage chronic health conditions in school-age children. The resulting white paper, Translating Strategies into Actions to Improve Care Coordination for Students with Chronic Health Conditions, ended with a call to action for meeting participants to work together in the school community and a call to action for NASN to develop additional tools and resources to support the school nurse role in leading care coordination for students with chronic health conditions. This toolkit answers that call with multiple resources such as fact sheets, sample tools, supplemental wellness policy language.

This panel discussion highlights the front-line initiatives that school nurses have participated in and led to educate and decrease e‐cigarette usage among students in their schools, communities, districts, and states. Explore what NASN is doing to address this issue in our nation's schools and what school nurses can continue to do to move this public health issue forward. This course was originally presented at Virtual NASN2020 and is now available in the NASN Learning Center. Learn more or enroll in Vaping the Next Chapter - A Panel Discussion.

Join Healthier Generation, the National Association for School Nurses, and the American Lung Association for a live one-hour interactive webinar to highlight the new features of Healthier Generation’s Model Local School Wellness Policy (LWP) and explore how other organizations have developed supplemental language that extends beyond nutrition & physical activity, to create more robust policies that support student and staff health & wellness.

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