NASN & ASNA Stronger Together

NASN & ASNAStronger Together

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Margo Bushmiaer, Arkansas Director

National Association of School Nurses

November 4, 2011

NASN• Incorporated 1968

• Not for profit 501(c)3

• Headquarters in Silver Spring, MD

• 51 affiliates

• NASN Board has one Director from each affiliate

• Expenditures: 74% to services, 8% to governance, 8% to overhead

Vision

• NASN is the expert voice for optimal student health and academic success and for professional development of school nurses. 

• Goal - Every child has a school nurse all day, every day.

NASN’s Strategic Plan

Advocacy

How can the NASN strategic plan

help you?

NASN’s Research Priorities

1) Study school health delivery models

2) Discover critical indicators that are sensitive enough to distinguish the impact of school nurses

3) Solidify NASN as the authority on evidence based school nursing

. Members also have access to full text journal articles through High Wire Press.

New!

Members have access to other journals through CINAHL*.

NASN has purchased access rights for each NASN Director to support state members.

*A search engine - Cumulative Index in Nursing and Allied Health Literature.

NASN Education ProgramsBy School Nurses, For School Nurses

• Live programs• Diabetes• Obesity• Epilepsy• Asthma• Disasters• Environment• Leadership

• New! Food Allergies – Comprehensive Guidelines and Resources

(CDC & FAAN)

NASN Education ProgramsBy School Nurses, For School Nurses

• Online programs• 30 credit hours - New! Insulin & Carb

Counting.• Reduced cost (or free) for members• The savings offset the entire cost of

membership!

• Radio NASN - New! HIPPA & FERPA Using IHPs – Sue Will

ABCs of Using Pulse Ox

NASN Programs: Check Out the Website

NASN Resources• Sight for Students vouchers provided by

Vision Service Plan• Rx discount cards• Website

• Tool Kits• Free Stuff• Grants

• Discussion lists• SIGS• Weekly Digest• Position papers, issue briefs• Books, pamphlets, tools

NASN resources help school nurses illustrate the point.

New

• New Textbooks!

• Scope and Standards 2011

• Disaster Preparedness 2011

• Assessment of School Age Child 2011

• Management of Diabetes in Schools

• Selekman Comprehensive Text

2nd Edition due 2012

NASN Advocacy Priorities

• School Nurse: Student Ratios• Wide disparity between

and within states• Emphasis of bill is on raising the

number of school nurses and conducting outcomes research.

School Nurse Consultant in every state.

NASN Advocacy

• Health information technology• Health record doesn’t end at the physician

office• School nurses have the well child record• Approximately 50% of SN have electronic

medical record

• We must have school nurse outcome questions in federal databases

NASN Advocacy• Fund the mandates!

• Full funding of IDEA• Stronger inclusion of

school nurses as the leader of the health care team in the school

• HHS loan forgiveness as public health nurses

• Scope of role for unlicensed personnel

NASN Advocacy

• Nutrition and activity in schools• Heavily involved with child nutrition act • Partner with First Lady Michele Obama’s

Let’s Move Program• Many coalitions look to school nursing as an

answer• Action for Healthy Kids

• Healthy Schools Campaign

Public Relations• Educating the public about the changing

health needs of students and the scope of school nursing practice.

• Every school nurse practices public relations when he or she does the job well.

• NASN prepares you to articulate -

• NEW! “Visit the Press Room” Media Resources

Our Audiences

• Media • Policy makers • Educational community • Students • Parents • Health care

professionals• General public

NASN has more than 100 liaison relationships.

• Institute of Pediatric Nursing

Global

• Connecting school nurses around the globe• 12 discussion lists• Website• OSHNA affiliate• Send a representative to SNI

NASN and YOUKeeping students healthy, in school and ready to learn.

We are stronger together.

Your membership at the affiliate level (ASNA) and national level

is important.