It is NASN's position that student behavioral health and wellness must be prioritized for students to successfully access and engage in educational opportunities. It is imperative that school systems respond to, and address, student behavioral health and wellness to ameliorate disparities related to the social determinants of health (Combe, 2019). School nurses are often the initial access point to identify concerns, determine interventions, and link families to school and/or community resources.

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 vice president and a nominating committee member. The election will be conducted online from March 15, 2022 to April 15, 2022.

School nurses care for 56.4 million students in elementary, middle, and high school across the United States, 25% of whom have chronic conditions, many of whom require medication during the school day. NASN's guideline seeks to create a uniform clinical practice guideline for the administration of medication in schools, and to give the school nurse evidence-based recommendations for the safe care of Pre-K-12 students who receive medications during the day.

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.

This section highlights news stories featuring NASN and school nurses. If you have a story about school nurses you'd like us to consider including, please send it to us.

NASN has signed on with the American Academy of Pediatrics and a broad group of health and education organizations to release a Consensus Statement on the Core Tenets of Chronic Condition Management in Schools. This statement aims to improve health and academic outcomes for children by establishing a common framework that can be used by schools and their partners to guide an integrated, collective, and equitable approach to chronic condition management in schools.

NASN partnered with the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM) to develop these reports on SLVs. These reports were completed in tandem and should be reviewed as a complementary pair. The reports describe various models of SLVs implemented, successes and challenges, and opportunities to continue supporting SLVs to promote influenza, COVID-19, and childhood vaccinations. Please note in the coming months, these high-level reports will be utilized to publish digestible and actional tools for immunization programs, school nurses, and more! Funding for this work was made possible with special thanks to Flu Lab, an organization that makes grants and investments to advance innovative solutions to influenza challenges. Learn more.

October 15 is Global Handwashing Day, a global advocacy day dedicated to increasing awareness and understanding about the importance of handwashing with soap as an effective and affordable way to prevent diseases and save lives. Learn more.

If you have an abstract for a breakout, workshop, preconference, general or poster session, please consider submitting before Monday, 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.

Opportunities exist for those with a vested interest in school health, particularly school nurses, to apply for grants that will promote the health and well-being of children where they play, live, and attend school. Learners will be able to engage in the grant writing process as it relates to school health and will be able to identify methods for incorporating grant writing into their practice and how it fits within the Framework for 21st Century Nursing Practice^®. At the conclusion, learners will be able to articulate at least one research question and one specific aim. 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 Grant Writing Strategies for Small Projects in the School Setting.

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? After this series, 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. 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.

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