Resources

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• Request to Disseminate information to MSNO members.

• FGM Prevention and Referral Guidelines
  • Guideline created by the Women’s Bar Associations Task Force on FGM to protect student against female genital mutilation in MA and helping victims of FGM.
• Prescription Drug Abuse Resources Available
  • NASN: Drugs of Abuse
  • Smart Moves, Smart Choices: The program features free online resources for school nurses and teachers to educate teens about the serious risks of abusing prescription medicines. The program includes videos and lesson plans for middle and high school students.
• Electronic Media and Youth Violence – Tip Sheet
  • CDC Tips for Parents and Educators on prevention of “electronic aggression” and bullying.
• Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome Association (CVSA) Resources
• Prevent Youth Bullying
  • The “Stop Bullying Now!” campaign includes a web-based, animated story featuring a cast of young people who deal with bullies in the classrooms, hallways, and grounds of a middle school.
• Youth Physical Activity Guidelines
  • CDC guidelines on appropriate levels of physical activity for school children
• Heads Up! Toolkit on Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI)
• MASSTART
  • MASSTART is a free consultation and technical support service for parents whose children have complex health conditions or students who are assisted by technology, school nurses and other school or health care personnel.
• Partnership for Drug-Free Kids
• National Institute on Drug Abuse

• Naloxone Use in the School Setting: The Role of the School Nurse
  • NASN Position Statetement (adopted June 2015)
• Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice
  • “NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice^TM creates an overarching structure that includes concepts integral to the complex clinical specialty practice of school nursing.”
  • This is an important document that every school nurse should be familiar with, and use in their practice.
• NASN Data Collection Initiative
  • MA Data Coordinator Betty Foster, BSN, RN, NCSN
• National Association of School Nurses (NASN)
  • 1100 Wayne Avenue
    Suite 925
    Silver Spring, MD 20910
  • 1-240-821-1130
    Toll-Free: 1-866-627-6767
    Fax: 1-301-585-1791
    nasn@nasn.org

Overview

• On June 28, 2011, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education adopted new regulations for the evaluation of all Massachusetts educators.
• The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (ESE) is committed to supporting effective Educator Evaluation implementation.
• ESE developed the Model System for evaluating administrators and teachers that districts can choose to adopt, adapt, or revise.
• School Nurses are included in the Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP) Rubric listed below.

SISP Rubric

• ESE School Nurse Adaptation
• Sample School Nurse Evaluation Materials
  • DESE Rubric School Nurses SISP
  • Smart Goals
  • Sample Educator Evaluation Self-Assessment Goals
  • Sample Educator Eval Goal
  • Smart Goal Planning Worksheet

District Determined Measures

• DDM Information for School Nurses
• Example: Indirect Measure: Communication
• Example: Indirect Measure: Teacher Survey
• DDM Sample Rubric

School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD)

• SHIELD-BU Website
• SHIELD provides training that fulfills DESE certification requirements, discusses emerging trends, shares best practices, and addresses the complex physical, behavioral, and psycho-social health issues facing school-aged children.
• Trainings  are all self-paced except for SBIRT and Medication Administration in Schools: What School Nurse Managers Need to Know. These two trainings are blended: self-paced and a required 2hr Zoom session.
• In addition, SHIELD also offers continuing nursing education (CNE) and continuing medical education (CME) credit, curated resources, and leader development for comprehensive school health programs.
  • Foundations of School Nursing Practice (2 day program)
  • Medication Administration in a School Setting: School Nursing Practice in Massachusetts (online program)
  • Mandated Screening Training (1 day program)
  • SBIRT in Schools (1 day program)Completion of orientation programs based on the requirements for delivery of school health services as defined by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MA DPH).
• Medication Administration in Schools: What School Nurse Managers Need to Know (1/2 day program) that is required only if the nurse seeking DESE licensure is currently employed as a School Nurse Manager and is listed as the signatory on the MDPH Medication Administration Registration Application.
• Contact SHIELD with questions at shieldbu@bu.edu

• Northeastern University School Health Academy (NEUSHA) provides school health professionals engaging, professional learning opportunities that benefit the health, safety and achievement of all youth.
  • NEUSHA supports school nurses and other school personnel in their efforts to provide evidence-based prevention and health management practices to an increasingly diverse, medically-complex student population.
  • Initiated in July 2016, NEUSHA will create, implement, and evaluate the quality of its face-to-face and online continuing education based on school health provider needs assessments, expertise within the Northeastern University faculty and staff, and an Advisory Group.
  • NEUSHA collaborates with public health and educational institutions, healthcare delivery systems, and private organizations, such as the School Health Corporation.
• Contact Info:
  • neusha.org
  • Kathleen A. Hassey, DNP, M.Ed, BA, BSN, RN, Director
    k.hassey@northesatern.edu
    617-593-0335
  • Jenny M. Gormley, DNP, MSN, RN, NCSN, Director
    j.gormley@northeastern.edu
    617-756-5981

Community Education Initiative – Boston Children’s Hospital, Department of Medicine Patient Services

• Intiative Website
• This initiative is committed to increasing education in pediatric issues to community providers who care for them.
• Their programs provide a comprehensive update of current trends and nursing/medical management of the pediatric population by Boston Children’s Hospital specialists. They offer professional day options, evening lecture series, full day programs and wellness.
• These programs are intended for:
  • School nurses
  • Educators
  • Community Healthcare Providers
  • Families
  • Students
• For more information please contact: judi.naar@childrens.harvard.edu

• Mental/Behavioral Health Resource
  • Communication Matters: CHIPRA Guideline for Communication and Confidentiality for Parents, Students, PCP’s, Behavioral Therapists and Schools
• Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH)
• MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE)
• Seasonal Influenza Resources:
  • www.cdc.gov/flu
• Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• http://www.masnrn.org/
  • MASNRN is a practice-based research network comprised of a representative, collaborative group of professional school nurses and nurse academicians. Its members believe that students need and deserve high-quality school nursing care to help attain
    their full academic potential. This requires that school nurses embrace evidence-based practice. MASNRN conducts research and uses translational research to support and improve student health outcomes and the efficacy of school nursing care.
• MEMA Resources:
  • www.ready.gov
  • www.dhs.gov

Articles

• Health in Mind Report
  • N.B., Promoting School Health Services pages 66-76
• Nurses in the Educational Setting
  • Teacher/Nurse Comparison (Hassey)
• M.G.L. Chapter 71, Section 41
  • School Nurses as Educational Professionals
• Meaningful Use of Health Data
  • Johnson K., & Bergren, M. (2013)
• Five Ways a School Nurse Benefits a School

Videos

• Nurses Shatter the Stereotype