Weekly Digest from NASN View as Webpage Weekly Digest NASN news & updates September 30, 2021 NASN News and Highlights See more. Upcoming Events See more. Weekly Digest Archive See past issues. Follow Us on Social ‌ ‌ ‌ President's Message Did you know that high school students with significant symptoms of depression are more than twice as likely to drop out compared to their peers? In addition, more than 70 percent of youth in the juvenile justice system have a diagnosed mental illness. While mental illness can feel isolating, statistics like these show that you are not alone, whether you are suffering from a mental illness or know someone who is. Mental Illness Awareness Week is from October 3-9, and you can find resources and stats to use in your schools on the website of the National Alliance for Mental Illness or on NASN's website. Linda Mendonça, DNP, RN, PHNA-BC, NCSN, FNASN NASN President BETTER HEALTH. BETTER LEARNING. ™ NASN News and Highlights If VSP Helped Your School, Submit Your Story VSP® Eyes of Hope® is looking for stories about how you’ve leveraged Sight for Students® gift certificates to care for the visual health and overall wellbeing of your students. If you have a story to share, or you know of a student whose access to vision care has helped them achieve success in school, sports, or life, share it directly with VSP Eyes of Hope. A member of the VSP Eyes of Hope team may reach out to learn more and request a photo to feature your story. LEARN MORE Paid advertisement Submit Your Abstract Now for NASN2022! The NASN2022 Oral and Poster abstract submission form is open. If you have an abstract for a breakout, workshop, preconference, general or poster session, please consider submitting before October 11, 2021. Begin with the call for abstract submission details on NASN.org. NASN looks forward to receiving a diverse group of submissions to fill out the conference schedule. Virtual NASN2021 Deadline Extended We understand that the beginning of this school year has been an extremely trying time to wrap up Virtual NASN2021. Because of this, NASN is extending the conference deadline to October 15. This is the final deadline NASN can extend as we are already moving forward with the development of new programs and products for the fall. Please view all content and complete CNE requirements including session assessments and evaluations by this deadline. We hope this is helpful to you as you navigate a busy new school year and earn much-needed CNE. COVID-19 Updates New CDC Toolkit for Responding to COVID-19 Cases Consider highlighting products or services, sales or promotions, personal bios, and more. Use images that complement your message, and link your images to supporting resources. As K-12 schools resume in-person learning, school nurses must be ready to respond. Updated case investigation and contact tracing resources and materials can be found here. New CDC Resource on Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (MIS-C) CDC has developed and tested new materials to support healthcare professionals in diagnosing and treating multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children including factsheets for parents. Learn more. OSHA Updated Standards OSHA has updated their standards to guide emergency healthcare. Learn more. Find out if your state requires OSHA guidance and the state plan here. 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. Managing Chronic Health Conditions Proposals Open for Type 1 Diabetes Camps Initiative School nurses know the value of diabetes camp for students with type 1 diabetes (T1D). The Eli Lilly and Company and the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Trust are collaborating to create inclusive opportunities for all children with T1D have access diabetes camps. Camps can make a proposal for funding to provide camperships to low-income youth with T1D, along with funds for capital improvement and adaptations to meet the physical requirements of COVID-19 of the camps. Make diabetes camps aware of this 3 three-year initiative that allows diabetes camps to request for funds. See the news release on this. The due date for proposals is October 15, 2021. Apply for funding now. Improving School Community and Student Health Resources and Tools to Support Emotional Well-Being The National Academies has developed a package of evidence-informed, web-based resources for teachers, parents, and other caregivers to help children and youth build cognitive-behavioral skills for coping with stress and anxiety. These resources are available in both English and Spanish. You can also register for a webinar on September 30 to learn more about how these tools were created. Self-Assessment Tool Helps Promote Equitable Access to School Meals The Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) has created a Meal Distribution Communication checklist/assessment as a resource for school districts. This is a self-assessment tool to help schools and school districts communicate with families, students, community members, and service agencies about school meal distribution during planned and unplanned school closures. The tool promotes the use of strategies that help ensure equitable access to these critical meal programs. Training Helps Providers Deal With Eating Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Settings School nurses are eligible for this free online webinar, “Screening, Symptom Recognition and Referral to Treatment for Eating Disorders in Pediatric Primary Care Settings” for those providers who treat children, adolescents, or young adults. The training was developed by the Strategic Training Initiative for the Prevention of Eating Disorders (STRIPED), based at Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Learn practical resources for making referrals for treatment when needed and earn 3 CE. Mark Your Calendar Introducing NASN’s New Lunch & Learn Series Parent & Teen Perspectives: Effective Communications & Advocacy Strategies for Adolescent Vaccination Do you want to learn how school nurses can implement effective communications and advocacy strategies to help support and improve adolescent vaccination in school environments? You will be able to create ​and implement effective communications strategies that empower students and build vaccine knowledge among students and their parents to enhance adolescent vaccination uptake after this series. In addition, two mothers (including a fellow nurse) who each lost their adolescent daughters to a vaccine-preventable disease (Meningitis B) will share best practices for increasing awareness and the uptake of vaccination. This course is part of the new NASN Lunch & Learn Series and is now available in the NASN Learning Center. Learn more or enroll in Parent & Teen Perspectives: Effective Communications & Advocacy Strategies for Adolescent Vaccination. October 4 is National Child Health Day National Child Health Day is celebrated on the first Monday of every October in support of children’s health, family, and those that work hard to help them. Learn more about the history of the day and how you can acknowledge it. 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. 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