Weekly Digest from NASN View as Webpage Weekly Digest NASN news & updates February 18, 2021 COVID-19 Reference Site Now Live See more. NASN News and Highlights See more. Upcoming Events See more. Weekly Digest Archive See past issues. Follow Us on Social ‌ ‌ ‌ President's Message American Heart Month is a time when everyone should focus on their cardiovascular health. Nearly 1 in 2 adults have hypertension, and many go undiagnosed. That can lead to other issues such as risk for heart disease, stroke, heart failure, kidney failure, vision loss, peripheral artery disease, sexual dysfunction, pregnancy complications, and cognitive decline. You can share these resources from the CDC with your school community, but you should also take a minute to check in on your own heart health with your care team. Over the past year, many of us may have put off medical appointments because of COVID-19, but please remember to put yourself at the top of your to-do list, and get your annual physical exam. Staying healthy is not only necessary for your school community but for you as well. Laurie Combe, MN, RN, NCSN NASN President BETTER HEALTH. BETTER LEARNING. ™ NASN News and Highlights Podcast: Mixed-Studies Review of School-to-Prison Pipeline Martha Dewey Bergren, editor of The Journal of School Nursing (JOSN), interviews author Shoshana Aronowitz to discuss the article, "A Mixed-Studies Review of the School-to-Prison Pipeline and a Call to Action for School Nurses" in this podcast. NASN Resource: Are you receiving the email alerts for JOSN? Sign up now to get the email alerts for new issues and up-to-date research. LISTEN TO PODCAST Paid advertisement School Nurses Can Earn a Free AED For Their School Sudden Cardiac Arrest is the leading cause of death on school campuses and No. 1 killer of student athletes. School nurses are on the front lines of student health and are critical to a school’s readiness to respond to a cardiac emergency. Parent Heart Watch and NASN support making schools heart safe. Get Charged Up! is a program that promotes cardiac preparedness through the proper installation of AEDs and implementation of Cardiac Emergency Response Plans. School nurses can apply by February 28, 2020 to earn a free AED for their school by participating in Get Charged Up! APPLY NOW Save the Dates for Virtual NASN2021: June 21-25, 2021 We are very excited about getting together for NASN2021, and are ready to gather, to celebrate, and to educate how school nurses are Leading the Way in Transforming Student Health. NASN has made the decision to offer the Annual Conference in 2021 as a virtual experience. We want all our attendees to have the chance to interact with one another and with our content, and the virtual environment will allow us to do that, regardless of travel concerns related to COVID-19. Please save the dates for Virtual NASN2021, June 21-25, 2021. Are You Hiring? 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Telehealth, motorhomes helping school nurses respond to drops in preventive child health services (Source: K-12 Dive) How School Districts Can Run a COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic (Source: EdWeek) Shortage Means Millions of Kids Have No Access to a School Nurse During COVID-19 Crisis (Source: WJLA) COVID-19 Updates Resources NASN COVID-19 Resource Site Interim Guidance: Role of the School Nurse in COVID-19 Testing in Schools Considerations for School Nurses: Health Equity Implications During the COVID-19 Pandemic CDC Vaccine Data Tracker New CDC guidance for healthcare workers and COVID-19 vaccines and CDC guidance for schools COVID-19 Diagnosis Screening Flow Chart Sample Tracking Tool Considerations for School Nurses in Planning for Students with Disabilities and Special Healthcare Needs in the Return to School Schools Reopening Decision Tool NASN COVID-19 Reference Site NASN’s COVID-19 Reference contains condensed information and evidence-based references and resources designed to assist school nurses in responding to the COVID-19 pandemic as they formulate nursing judgement and participate in planning and policy development. New CDC Guidance for Schools Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Mitigation provides reinforcement of clear and consistent mitigation strategies to open schools and keep them open. CDC also released a science brief on the Transmission of SARS-COV-2 in K-12. This brief addresses schools providing data on the relationship between school transmission, in-person learning, and community rates of transmission. Data demonstrates that in-school transmission of COVID-19 is relatively low. Department of Education Releases Reopening Guidance The U.S. Department of Education has released ED COVID-19 Handbook. Volume 1: Strategies for Safely Reopening Elementary and Secondary Schools. The handbook provides examples and roadmaps educators and staff can use to implement CDC's mitigation strategies for in-person learning. Training for Healthcare Professionals CDC has resources for training healthcare professionals to administer COVID-19 vaccines. Schools may be used as community sites in the future. Learn more. CDC Vaccine Data Tracker CDC has a resource to quickly see how your state or territory is doing compared to others regarding vaccine administration. Additional data is available at this CDC site. Improving School Community and Student Health Survey to Inform Assessment Tool to Improve Students', Staff Well-Being School nurses are invited to participate in a 15-minute survey to help understand common approaches to school improvement efforts. Healthier Generation, with support from Kaiser Permanente, will use the survey responses to build a user-centric, comprehensive assessment tool to support schools and districts in improving the environments, policies, and practices to improve the health and well-being of students and staff. TAKE THE SURVEY Resources to Share With Schools About Hypertension in Teens Too many kids and teens have hypertension and other risk factors for heart disease and stroke. Using the updated 2017 American Academy of Pediatrics' Clinical Practice Guideline, a CDC study shows that about 1 in 25 youth ages 12 to 19 have hypertension, and 1 in 10 has hypertension (previously called “prehypertension”). High blood pressure is more common in youth with obesity. Share these resources with your school community to help make families more aware of this problem during American Heart Month. Chronic Absence Data Maps Learning Loss The new report, Using Chronic Absence to Map Interrupted Schooling, Instructional Loss and Equity Implications: Insights from School Year 2017-18 Data, from Attendance Works and the Everyone Graduates Center, offers critical insights into which student groups, schools and districts are likely to need additional support to recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. The report builds on the new national chronic absence data, released in October 2020, from the U.S. Department of Education’s EDFacts initiative. The authors lay out key recommendations school districts and states can take to turn around low attendance during the pandemic. An updated interactive map, produced by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution, makes it easy to see the districts and schools most affected by chronic absence. NASN Resources: Chronic absenteeism is defined as a student having missed more than 10% of a school year, or more than two days per month, and students who are chronically absent are at risk for academic failure and dropout. The NASN School Nurse-Led Active Surveillance of Chronic Absenteeism Manual provides a standardized, evidence-based procedure and resources to support school nurses’ important role in addressing health related absences. Learn more. Managing Chronic Health Conditions Resource Helps Promote Oral Health Check out this new resource from the Association of State and Territorial Dental Directors: Promoting Good Nutrition and Healthy Eating in Schools: An Important Strategy for Promoting Oral Health and Preventing Dental Caries. Mark Your Calendar Medicaid and CHIP Comprehensive Dental Benefits Help Children Achieve Better Health and Healthier Smiles 2 PM EST February 18, 2021 On this webinar, Dr. Natalia I. Chalmers, D.D.S., M.H.Sc., Ph.D., a pediatric dentist and Diplomate of the American Board of Pediatric Dentistry, who serves as Dental Officer within the Center for Medicaid and CHIP Services at the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, will share trends in oral health services among those enrolled in Medicaid and CHIP and how early intervention can promote oral health outcomes among children. REGISTER NCSSS Student Mental Wellness Virtual Summit 2021 March 25-26, 2021 Student mental wellness is critically important to everyone in a school community. NASN Executive Director Donna Mazyck, MS, RN, NCSN, CAE, FNASN, will offer the school nurse perspective at the NCSSS Student Mental Wellness Virtual Summit 2021 on the panel, It Takes a Village. Subscribers to the NASN Weekly Digest can attend the conference for a reduced rate of $99 by using code SMHS20 when you register. REGISTER 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 2020 calendar. 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