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Weekly Digest
NASN news & updates
June 3, 2021
NASN News and Highlights
What Did You Do This School Year? Let Us Know
It has been an unprecedented school year for school nurses. We would love to know some of the activities you did this year. Please complete a quick poll (15 yes/no questions) by June 9 and let us know! Thank you!
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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.
NEW COVID-19 Resources
Additional COVID-19 Resources
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.

Improving School Community and Student Health
2021 Children’s Environmental Health Series
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
Conference-Themed Scarves Available Now
Help support the NASN Endowment Fund with the purchase of a beautiful conference-themed scarf! If you didn't already purchase one with your conference registration, you can still get one in the NASN online store!
You have two different options for registration this year:
  • Virtual NASN2021, with 24.25 CNE Contact Hours
  • Virtual NASN2021 PLUS, with 34.25 CNE Contact Hours


Opportunities & Networking
CDC Foundation Survey Addresses Experiences, Impacts During COVID
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. Please complete the survey by June 8, 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 a $10 gift card. Your insight is extremely important to us to improve nationwide COVID-19 guidance and response in school settings!
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
NASN Calendar of Events

This calendar includes upcoming events hosted by NASN and NASN affiliate school nurse organizations. Access the 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. 
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