Through strength in membership and advocacy, NHSNA creates the infrastructure to promote excellence
in school nurse practice across the state.
In addition to the vast amount of information and resources available from NASN, NSASN's affiliation with NASN insures school nurse interests are represented at the state and national level by addressing issues that directly
affect school nursing practice.
During her tenure at the juvenile justice facility, she explores and
implements school nurse practices that promote empowerment and knowledge in the health of the adolescent juvenile.
The School Nurse Advisory Council have been collaborating with 12 Healthy Kansas School Nurse Leaders to
support school nursing practice in assisting students with chronic disease management (asthma, diabetes, seizures, severe food allergies).
School nurse practice teacher Chris Beer said: «Last year we had lots of contact from schools saying they were seeing a rising number of children starting school who were still wearing nappies and children who were not staying clean and dry during the day.
The Association of School Nurses of Connecticut will be recognized as the state leader in the promotion of
professional school nurse practice that provides and advocates for safe and optimal student health across all school settings.
Katheryn Etter School Nurse of the Year online nomination form This award is a means of honoring school nurses who demonstrate excellence
in school nursing practice.
Among the goals of the School Health Consultant Team are to improve the quality of school health programs and
school nursing practice, including raising the number of school nurses in the state achieving national school nurse certification and the number of school districts in the state improving their school nurse to student ratio.
The purpose of the award is to honor the contributions of school nurses statewide by focusing on one school nurse annually who has demonstrated excellence in her /
his school nursing practice.
Based on the Framework for the 21st Century
School Nursing Practice, the following are some things a school nurse can do for children in Utah:
The mission of IASN / NASN: To advance
school nurse practice to keep students healthy, safe and ready to learn.
The purpose of the AASN School Nurse Awards is to publicly recognize school nurses statewide by honoring one school nurse in each of the three categories who demonstrates excellence in
school nursing practice and leadership in school health.
Evidence of excellence in
school nursing practice must be based on Scope and Standards of Professional School Nursing Practice (National Association of School Nurses and American Nurses Association, 2005)