Weekly Digest
NASN news & updates
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School Nurses: Invested in Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence, Equity, and Access
The COVID-19 vaccine is a safe and effective strategy for preventing COVID-19 infection. Vaccine confidence is critical for individual, community, and population health. NASN partnered with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to engage school nurses in a COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence Bootcamp on March 9, 2022. Seventy-three school nurses, representing 42 states, participated in the interactive workshop to increase vaccination.
NASN's latest blog by Elizabeth Clark, MSN, RN, NCSN, and co-author Amy Dark, BA, BSN, RN, CSNT, offers highlights, outcomes, and resources from the two-hour Vaccine Confidence Bootcamp.
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We Can Do This Summit: Conversations on Encouraging Vaccinations
Hear leading medical experts from across the nation at the We Can Do This Summit, a conversation on how to encourage COVID-19 vaccines for children, pregnant people, and young adults.
The first conversation focused on the need to minimize disruptions to the lives of children ages 5–11 by keeping them in school and protected with vaccination. Deborah D’Souza-Vazirani, DrPH, Champions for School Health Project Manager for NASN, was a panelist. This originally aired on Friday, April 22.
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Increasing Well-Child Visits And Vaccinations In School-Aged Youth |
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Join us for a webinar on May 12, 2022, at 3:00 PM ET, to hear from representatives of NASN, AASA, and SBHA and providers who've successfully adapted their practices to get their students back on track for these vaccinations and visits.
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Live NASN Programs Available for In-Person Hosting
NASN is excited to announce that the Focus on the Framework and School Emergency Triage Training (SETT) are back to live in-person sessions. Focus on the Framework are interactive programs geared toward helping school nurses develop a deeper understanding of their role in Care Coordination, Community/Public Health, Quality Improvement, Leadership, and Standards of Practice. SETT provides school nurses with the knowledge, skills, and training resources to lead school-based Disaster Response Teams and perform triage in response to mass casualty incident events.
Do you want more information about how to bring an educational offering to your area? Please contact Stephanye White.
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Meet the Editor Bimonthly Web Meeting
Join us at 3:30 p.m. ET on Monday, May 2, 2022, for the seventh meeting in the Meet the Editor web series. During this interactive meeting, The Journal of School Nursing Editor Dr. Martha Dewey Bergren will provide tips for authors and field comments and questions from aspiring authors. Attendees will be able to describe the criteria for scholarly abstracts and learn the do's and don’ts for a manuscript abstract. Register now.
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Are You Ready for National School Nurse Day 2022 on May 11? |
Bring attention to #SND2022 to honor more than 95,000 school nurses in the U.S. who make a difference in the lives of children every day! The theme this year is School Nurses: Bridging Healthcare and Education. School nurses are leaders in supporting health and ensuring that students are healthy, safe, and ready to learn. Visit schoolnurseday.org to use the SND2022 logo, find the social media toolkit, and more!
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School Nurses in the News |
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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.
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Mayo Clinic COVID-19 Vaccine Tracker |
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School nurses are actively monitoring vaccine uptake for student populations. The Mayo Clinic has a resource to identify U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rates by state. This resource also reports U.S. COVID-19 vaccine rates by age. Learn more.
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Know Your COVID-19 Community Level |
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COVID-19 Community Levels is a tool to help communities decide what prevention steps to take based on the latest data. Levels can be low, medium, or high. Hospital beds in use, hospital admissions, and the total number of new COVID-19 cases in an area will determine community levels. School nurses can use the map of the U.S. by county to track the community level of transmission for your school(s), which is updated weekly.
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CDC's FAQs about COVID-19 Vaccination for Children and Teens
The CDC recommends everyone ages 5 years and older get vaccinated to help protect against COVID-19. School nurses are strongly positioned within their communities to educate students, families, and school staff about the critical role vaccines play in preventing disease, allowing students and staff to remain healthy and in school. Here you'll find answers to commonly asked questions about COVID-19 vaccination in children ages 5 years and older.
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Be a Superhero: How to Increase COVID-19 Vaccine Uptake in Schools through Community Collaboration
The National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants is hosting a webinar on April 29, 2022, at 2 p.m. ET. Participants will learn practical tips on developing and sustaining meaningful partnerships between local school districts, community-based organizations, health departments, and other community groups to reduce COVID-19 and increase equitable access to vaccines and health services for school-aged children and their families.
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NASN’s 54th Annual School Nurse Conference offers a number of important sessions and speakers. In this General Session from 1-5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 29, our speakers will discuss the Who, What, When & How of the IHP, EAP, 504 and Health Portion of IEP.
During this session, NASN learners will be guided in the development of IHPs and other health and education plans. The session demonstrates the use of the Nursing Process and Scope and Standards of School Nursing Practice to develop the components of the IHP (assessment, nursing diagnosis, nursing interventions, student outcomes, and evaluation). In addition, the session demonstrates the relationship of the IHP with the NASN Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice™.
Participants practice using case studies, collaboration with colleagues, discussion, and participant presentation will be utilized. Attendees in this session will learn ways to expedite IHP development using two sets of evidence-based tools to facilitate the process. One tool is the templates and software of the book Individualized Healthcare Plans for the School Nurse (2017). The other toolset is the standardized nursing language of NANDA (North American Nursing Diagnosis Association), NIC (Nursing Interventions Classification), and NOC (Nursing Outcomes Classification).
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Managing Chronic Health Conditions |
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Course: Emotion Management K-6 |
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With the focus on emotional health in children leading to academic success and the importance of attending to the whole child, this program was developed to increase K-6 students’ abilities to cope with school stress in healthy and effective ways. This course will present an interdisciplinary approach to managing somatization in our schools. Learning outcomes include: recognizing the effects of stress on children, understanding how stress is experienced, the school nurse’s role in identifying and supporting stress management and mental health issues, how somatization manifests in a school nurse's office, Identifying a need for mental health referrals, steps to take to assist students in identifying their emotions and coping with them. Learn more and complete the course.
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Improving School Community & Student Health |
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States Leverage ARP Funds to Address Needs of Homeless Students
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When the pandemic started, roughly 1.3 million public school students were identified as experiencing homelessness — 2.5 percent of all those enrolled. New NASBE analysis highlights the efforts of several states to leverage $800 million in federal funds to better address the short- and long-term needs of these students.
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NASN, as a proud partner of The Epilepsy Foundation, invites you to Walk to End Epilepsy in person or at home. Across the country, people have started walking to make a difference for the epilepsy community. Whether you join at one of the participating in-person locations or walk your way virtually, you'll be helping to provide essential resources for the epilepsy community, advocate for seizure-safe schools, and fund innovative research and new therapies.
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Supporting Students Dealing with Grief
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Averting Targeted School Violence - U.S. Secret Service Analysis of Plots Against Schools |
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The U.S. Secret Service employs threat assessment methodologies as part of its protective mission. The agency's National Threat Assessment Center, for more than 20 years, has maintained a particular focus on preventing targeted school violence. Their report builds on previous research findings that indicate targeted school violence is preventable. The Secret Service encourages medical, educational, and public safety partners to review the information and use it to guide best practices for maintaining safe and healthy schools for all children.
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NASN Resources: It is the position of NASN that school nurses advance and encourage safe school environments by promoting the prevention and reduction of school violence. Check out NASN's Health and Practice Topics page on School Violence.
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World Immunization Week 2022 |
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From April 24 to 30, we celebrate World Immunization Week. The CDC and its partners are honoring public and community health workers for their tireless efforts to advance the goal of a Long Life for All, this year’s World Immunization Week theme. The CDC engages globally to support the development and implementation of vaccination strategies and programs that can prevent more than 25 vaccine- preventable diseases and build the capacity to detect, mitigate, and respond to pandemic threats. You can spread the word about global immunization and how vaccination prevents death and disease by using the CDC's social media, videos, infographics, and other digital media resources.
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This Monday, May 2!
Register early to get the best rate!
Early: Prior to May 2
Regular: After May 2
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School Nurse Day
Wednesday, May 11
Since 1972, National School Nurse Day has been set aside to recognize school nurses.
National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational setting.
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Webinar:
Increasing Well-Child Visits And Vaccinations In School-Aged Youth Toolkit
Thursday, May 12
3 p.m. ET
During COVID, many families have postponed well-care visits and immunizations. This online Toolkit includes helpful ideas on operations, partnerships, communication strategies, and provides resources. This webinar offers a walk-through of the various sections of the Toolkit, explaining the best ways to use the document.
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Webinar:
Empowering Families
for Children’s Vision
Thursday, May 12, 2022
4 – 5:30 p.m. ET
The National Center for Children’s Vision and Eye Health invites you to the next webinar in their series on the Vision Health of Children with Special Needs, which focuses on how health professionals and parents can learn to identify and best use the variety of community, medical, and school resources to enhance the vision health of children with special needs aged 3 to 8.
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NASN Annual Conference:
IN-PERSON NASN2022
June 28-30
To register or participate in-person, you must:
- Register by June 6, 2022. No onsite registration will be offered in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Acknowledge that you have read and that you agree to the “Health and Safety Protocols.”
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NASN Annual Conference:
VIRTUAL NASN2022
July 11-13 (online)
Some of the content will be streamed in real time during the conference schedule. This content will also be recorded and available to view through October 14, 2022.
NOTE: This event includes additional "anytime" or on-demand sessions that attendees can begin viewing on the first day of VIRTUAL NASN2022.
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State Associations of School Nurses' Conferences |
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Utah School Nurse Association: Annual Spring Conference - Healthy Children are Better Learners - May 5-6 - Learn more and register
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Nebraska School Nurses Association: 38th Annual School Health Conference - Transform Knowledge and Practice to Meet the Needs of School-age Children - June 5-7 - Learn more and register
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Indiana Association of School Nurses Annual Conference - Indiana School Nurses: Moving Forward with Courage and Compassion - June 15-16 - Learn more and register
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South Dakota School Nurse Association 29th Annual Conference - School Nurses Riding the Waves - July 12-13 - Learn more and register
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NASN Calendar of Events
This calendar includes upcoming events hosted by NASN and NASN affiliate school nurse organizations. Access the calendar.
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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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