Become familiar with the candidates stepping forward to lead NASN. All candidates have completed the nominating committee process. In the upcoming election, NASN members will select a president-elect, secretary/treasurer, and a nominating committee member. The election will be conducted online from March 15, 2021 to April 15, 2021.

Danatech was developed to support the technology access and assessment needs of healthcare professionals who care for patients living with diabetes and other chronic conditions. NASN members get access to Danatech for free with a code. Each year on January 1, we send out a new code. You will get yours in an email. Don't forget to change your code when you first log in in 2021.

NASN and school nurses have been widely represented in the news media over the past few months and we are now including a section in the Weekly Digest to highlight some of those stories twice a month. If you have a story about school nurses you'd like us to consider including, please send it to us.

The goal of T1Detect is to equip the T1D community and the general population with knowledge about the benefits of screening and provide a new avenue to get screened. It also provides support for those who, after screening, are determined to be at risk for T1D. This new program will also include important education for healthcare professionals who can support increased awareness among the T1D community.

The sooner a student with cancer returns to school, or continues their learning outside school until they can return, the better his or her chance of academic and social success. It is imperative that the school team, including school nurses, understand what the child has experienced and their ongoing and future needs. By taking this course, you will get a brief overview of the effects of treatment, including medical, cognitive, and psychosocial challenges for survivors throughout their education, laws that protect children, adolescent, and young adult survivors’ rights, strategies to help meet the students’ education needs, and resources to support schools and families. This course was originally presented at Virtual NASN2020 and is now available in the NASN Learning Center. Learn more or enroll in Staying Connected: Facilitating the Learning Experience During and After Cancer Treatment.

Protecting children and adults in schools is an important public health and safety measure. The American Heart Association led a national collaboration of key stakeholders to develop a policy statement outlining the model to create, implement, and practice Cardiac Emergency Response Plans for schools. School nurses are often tasked with the creation and ongoing leadership of such programs. This course will equip the school nurse leader to systematically plan, implement, grow, and sustain an AED program with an efficient, effective sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) response, and strategies for ongoing quality improvement in SCA response.  This course was originally presented at Virtual NASN2020 and is now available in the NASN Learning Center. Learn more or enroll in Cardiac Emergency Preparedness - The Role of the School Nurse in Leading a Multidisciplinary Team.

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