Weekly Digest from NASN View as Webpage Weekly Digest NASN news & updates May 27, 2021 NASN News and Highlights See more. Upcoming Events See more. Weekly Digest Archive See past issues. Follow Us on Social ‌ ‌ ‌ President's Message As you know, school nurses have been in the news over the past year more than ever. We have, in fact, started sharing instances of school nurses in the news in the Weekly Digest to highlight stories you may not have seen from around the country. Recently, the Missouri Association of School Nurses (MASN) effectively leveraged a previous interaction with a reporter at Missourinet.com, to express their view that Missouri schools would be wise to use a portion of the ARP funding to hire school nurses, especially for the 20% of schools across the state that do not have a nurse on site. Read the full story. Watch this 6 minute interview with Linda Neumann of MASN, and newly-elected Secretary/Treasurer of NASN, to hear how our colleagues in Missouri used the power of the press to spread their message Laurie Combe, MN, RN, NCSN NASN President BETTER HEALTH. BETTER LEARNING. ™ NASN News and Highlights JOSN Podcast: The Promotion of Early School Nurses in Virginia Martha Dewey Bergren, editor of The Journal of School Nursing, interviews author Bridget Houlahan to discuss their article, "The Promotion of Early School Nurses in Virginia: Learning From Our History (1900 to Present) to Build a New Future." LISTEN TO THE PODCAST Paid advertisement Calling all School Nurses: Share Your Experience During COVID-19 Share your experience as a school nurse during the COVID-10 pandemic and receive a $10 gift card for your time! You are invited to complete a new anonymous survey to help the CDC Foundation (in consultation with Deloitte Consulting and CDC) understand experiences and impacts during the COVID-19 pandemic in school settings. This survey focuses on vaccination efforts. Please complete the survey by June 4, 2021. It should take 15-20 minutes to complete, is solely voluntary, and is totally confidential. Your responses will not be linked to you individually and your email will only be used to send you your gift card. Your insight is extremely important to us to improve nationwide COVID-19 guidance and response in school settings! COVID-19 Updates NASN Launches Prioritizing School Nurse Activities Tool Prioritizing School Nurse Activities is an interactive tool designed specifically for school nurses to help in the prioritization of practice activities for the day, week, or year. It will assist you to focus your time, attention, resources, and advocacy efforts. Playbook Offers Tips on COVID-19 Prevention Strategy As schools continue transitioning to in-person instruction, school nurses will help prepare and implement COVID-19 prevention strategies. Kaiser Permanente has collaborated with over 30 national school health organizations to create the “Planning for the Next Normal at School: Keeping students, staff, and families safe and healthy” playbook, which provides evidence-based guidance to adapting to school life after the COVID-19 pandemic. This resource suggests various ways school nurses can work toward decreasing the likelihood of disease transmission. Learn more. Infection Prevention and Control in Schools Resources Launched COVID Collaborative, Harvard’s Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics, Brown School of Public Health, and New America task force released resources to help schools implement CDC guidance and safely get students and staff back to in-person learning. The guidance focused on infection prevention and control, including a roadmap of helpful case studies, a consensus statement from leading scientists on the science of how to best protect students and staff, and a use of funds memo outlining how to strategically use authorized funds. Resources for Reopening Schools from the Learning Policy Institute COVID-19 in Child Care and Preschool Settings: This research summary of 11 studies reveals that early learning programs are not associated with an increased risk of COVID-19 infection when providers follow proper mitigation measures. New York City Public Schools: Supporting School Reopening With a Focus on Testing and Tracing: This second brief in our reopening schools series describes New York City's reopening efforts, which brought students back through extensive cooperation between the district and the teachers union, multilayered mitigation strategies, and significant investments in testing and tracing. Marin County: Leveraging Education and Public Health Partnerships to Support School Reopening: This first brief in the reopening school series describes reopening efforts in Marin County, CA, which offers examples of collaboration and communication among school districts, the county office of education, and the county health office. Social media toolkit NEW COVID-19 Resources The American Nurses Association (ANA) and 19 nursing and healthcare organizations are joining together to announce a new vaccine education campaign: COVID Vaccine Facts for Nurses. CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends use of Pfizer vaccine on 12-15 year old youth after FDA authorizes for emergency use. CDC recommends schools continue to use the current COVID-19 prevention strategies for the 2020-2021 school year. COVID-19 Vaccines for Children and Teens Myths and Facts about COVID-19 Vaccines Additional COVID-19 Resources Preventing Vaccine Administration Errors​: A Primer for Healthcare Workers Getting Shots in Arms, A Primer for Healthcare Workers on Storing and Transporting Vaccines Operational Strategy for K-12 Schools through Phased Prevention CDC Vaccine Data Tracker COVID-19 Diagnosis Screening Flow Chart NASN's COVID-19 Interactive Tools Can I Send My Student to School: Designed for school nurses to share with families, this interactive tool is based on CDC COVID-19 guidance and designed to guide families through assessing when their child should stay home from school. How to Manage Difficult Conversations: A quick micro-burst of learning, this interactive module teaches school nurses a simple formula to use to respond effectively to challenging conversations. COVID-19 and Students, Frequently Asked Questions: A resource designed to answer some questions families may have about students' health during COVID-19 and to support families with links to find additional resources. School Nurses in the News 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. How School Nurses Are Helping Get Vaccine Shots into the Arms of Students (Source: EdSurge) Improving School Community and Student Health Children’s Vision Digital Screen Tips To help parents, caregivers, and educators protect children's vision when working on digital screens, Children's Vision Massachusetts and Prevent Blindness have produced a new free informational resource. Display in your home office, health office, preschool or school homeroom, and share the link with families. Download and print the free 81/2" x 11" page in English or Spanish. Seeking Equity in Environmental Health Outcomes for Disadvantaged Populations The 2021 Children’s Environmental Health Series: Seeking Equity in Environmental Health Outcomes for Disadvantaged Populations on June 8, 15, and 22 is a free, three-day virtual event focused on the impact of environmental factors on children’s health and well-being. Hosted by the National Environmental Education Foundation (NEEF), this collaborative event will address health equity, social determinants of health, and provide important information about environmental impacts on children's health. NASN 2021 Updates Last Chance to Get the Early Bird Rate The Eary Bird deadline has been extended to June 1 to give you more time to register for the best rates. Check out the registration rates here. Review the program here. Braindate Lets You Connect With New People You are joining NASN2021 to meet great people and learn about new things. But how do you spark those meaningful conversations? It all starts with a braindate. Learn more about Braindate. Want to volunteer to be a Braindate Ambassador? Ambassadors will be given extra time before the conference to get into the Braindate platform and create topics to discuss during Braindate hours at conference. If you are already registered for the conference, learn more here. REGISTER NOW Opportunities & Networking The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 The National Academy of Medicine Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity report explores how we can unleash the power of the nurse to achieve health equity. Learn how the systems that educate, pay, employ and enable nurses can support them in building healthy communities. Mark Your Calendar Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments Nurses Drawdown Webinar Hear from international experts and be inspired for action. Gender-Equity: June 9 at 12 p.m. EST Register here 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 2021 calendar. OBSERVANCES CALENDAR Acceptance of advertising on the ad banner 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]