Jodi S Bullard, Angela J Preston, Jenifer M Chilton
{"title":"Development of a School Nurse Simulation Boot Camp.","authors":"Jodi S Bullard, Angela J Preston, Jenifer M Chilton","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251350104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251350104","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A school nurse continuing education program was developed by School of Nursing faculty at an East Texas university, providing school nurses with documented competence in nursing skills focused on equitable health outcomes. The 8 hr <i>School Nurse Boot Camp</i> program consisted of a keynote address on local pediatric health topics and a series of 30-min speed simulations focused on mental and physical health issues. A total of 62 school nurses attended the three boot camp offerings during the <i>2023/2024</i> academic school year and represented a student population of 78,275. Participants indicated satisfaction with the event and interest in future continuing education opportunities. The boot camp event provides a local continuing education offering, a record of competency for school nurses, and a regional partnership between school nurses, School of Nursing faculty, and Educational Service Center personnel.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251350104"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144567964","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Value Added: Using School Nurse Expertise and Standardized Tools to Plan for Effective Health Education Programming.","authors":"Victoria Averill, Julee Waldrop, Anne Derouin","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251340985","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X251340985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Providing recommendations for health education programming is a task well-suited for school nurses who are pediatric experts and well-trusted members of our communities. Using clinical expertise, national and community trends, emerging health risks, and their professional critical thinking skills, school nurses are key members of the team that plans, implements, and evaluates standardized health education curricula. This article highlights important guidelines and resources for school nurses and school health education teams to successfully and confidently conduct health education curriculum evaluations using a standardized feasibility evaluation approach. It emphasizes the importance of addressing the ever-changing risk behaviors of adolescents within health education curricula and the need for school nurses to offer evidence-based recommendations to academic teams based on their unique expertise.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":"40 4","pages":"194-198"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144561445","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Practicing With a <i>Framework</i> Mindset: A Closer Look at the Principle of Quality Improvement.","authors":"Kimberly J Stanislo, Andrea Tanner","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251347287","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251347287","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>This is the fourth in a series of articles highlighting the practice principles of the refreshed</i> School Nursing Practice Framework. <i>The focus of each article is to provide an in-depth look at each of the principles and emphasize how school nurses can apply them to their daily practice through a</i> Framework <i>mindset. This article explores quality improvement as a core practice principle, reflects on its relevance to current practice, and identifies examples that illustrate quality improvement in daily school nursing practice. Each article in the series will build upon and explore the interconnections between the</i> Framework <i>principles.</i></p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251347287"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144327158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"State of the Data Initiative, Every Student Counts! 2024.","authors":"Ann O Nichols, Kimberly J Stanislo","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251347557","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251347557","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The NASN school health data initiative, Every Student Counts! (ESC!), experienced considerable growth during the 2023 to 2024 school year. ESC! is the working name for NASN's National School Health Data Set. Every school, school district and state that benefits from the collection and use of school health and school nurse data is reminded each year to share that data in a manner that demonstrates its value and encourages its use. When school nurses can see the product of participating in a state data initiative they are affirmed in their efforts and others may be motivated to participate. This article is a vehicle for the sharing of the aggregated National School Health Data Set (ESC!) progress for 2023 to 2024. These data are entered by State Data Coordinators who provide support to school nurses in their states and serve as liaisons to NASN for ESC! Opportunities for school nurses who are not yet engaged in the ESC! initiative are included.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251347557"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Change Is the Only Constant.","authors":"Catherine F Yonkaitis","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251348426","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251348426","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251348426"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Supporting the School Nurse's Voice in Advocacy.","authors":"Piper Largent","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251346422","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251346422","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School nurse advocacy is an essential role of the school nurse. To date, resources to support school nurse knowledge and action in the area of advocacy have been limited. The National Association of School Nurses has enhanced its efforts to support school nurse advocacy. This article describes the resources, including updated advocacy priorities, a state-specific toolkit, and a \"Take Action\" center.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251346422"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144303140","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Value Added: Using School Nurse Expertise and Standardized Tools to Plan for Effective Health Education Programming for Adolescents.","authors":"Victoria Averill, Julee Waldrop, Anne Derouin","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251340985","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X251340985","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Providing recommendations for health education programming is a task well-suited for school nurses who are pediatric experts and well-trusted members of our communities. Using clinical expertise, national and community trends, emerging health risks, and their professional critical thinking skills, school nurses are key members of the team that plans, implements, and evaluates standardized health education curricula. This article highlights important guidelines and resources for school nurses and school health education teams to successfully and confidently conduct health education curriculum evaluations using a standardized feasibility evaluation approach. It emphasizes the importance of addressing the ever-changing risk behaviors of adolescents within health education curricula and the need for school nurses to offer evidence-based recommendations to academic teams based on their unique expertise.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251340985"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144259088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improving School Nurse Confidence With Continuous Glucose Monitoring Technology.","authors":"Stacy Seiler, Rachel McClanahan","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251341902","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251341902","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) offers reliable glycemic measurements and improved health outcomes for pediatric patients with type 1 diabetes. With CGM use becoming the new pediatric standard of care for type 1 diabetes management, it is increasingly common for children with diabetes to arrive in school wearing CGM devices. School nurses' lack of familiarity with this new technology can lead to dangerous methods of assessment, interpretation, and treatment of sensor glucose results. An evidence-based, standardized CGM protocol and educational module were developed to increase confidence among school nurses in providing accurate and safe treatment decisions for students with type 1 diabetes. This project highlights the potential of a standardized assessment tool for school nurses to increase their confidence in caring for students with CGMs at school, informing future integration of CGM training into clinical practice guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251341902"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144235488","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alexandra Peary, Erika Estrada-Ibarra, Krista Schroeder, Laura Samuel, Jennifer Peterson, Nancy G Russell, Lucine Francis
{"title":"School Nurses and Food Insecurity: Guidance for Advocacy and Action in Schools.","authors":"Alexandra Peary, Erika Estrada-Ibarra, Krista Schroeder, Laura Samuel, Jennifer Peterson, Nancy G Russell, Lucine Francis","doi":"10.1177/1942602X251338037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X251338037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School nurses are vital in addressing food insecurity affecting 6.5 million U.S. households with children, leveraging leadership and care coordination skills to tackle this adverse social determinant of health. As frontline advocates, they can bridge gaps in food access through key strategies: promoting universal school meal programs to ensure stigma-free access to nutritious meals and supporting Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) to sustain families during summer breaks. They can advance produce prescription (PRx) programs for fresh produce access and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-Ed to boost nutrition literacy. Implementing the Hunger Vital Sign screening tool allows early identification of food insecurity, linking families to SNAP, food pantries, and community resources. By forging partnerships with schools, policymakers, and local organizations, school nurses can integrate care coordination principles to address systemic inequities, improve child nutrition, and foster academic success. Their role as trusted health leaders positions them to drive equitable solutions, ensuring students thrive through holistic, community-centered, school-based interventions.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X251338037"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144209738","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}