Scope and Standards of Practice, 4th Edition: What's New [Enduring]

Release Date: 9/28/2023
Expiration Date: 9/28/2025
Originally presented at Virtual NASN2022.

Cost: $20.00/Free for NASN members!

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Program Overview
This session, hosted by the NASN Scope and Standards Revision committee, will provide an overview of the newly revised School Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (4th Edition) with particular attention to new and emerging trends, issues, and competencies. The session will include how the Scope and Standards of Practice can be used as an advocacy tool, a guided practice for new school nurse orientation, an evaluation tool, to create position descriptions, and for quality improvement. Highlights of this session will focus on the broad perspective in the development of the Scope and Standards, along with how to best incorporate these standards into everyday practice across unique and diverse settings.

Learning Outcomes
As a result of participating in this educational activity, learners will be able to:

• Recognize the role of the Scope and Standards of School Nursing Practice in shaping school nurse practice.
• Articulate how the Scope and Standards of School Nursing Practice can be used as an advocacy tool.
• Apply the Scope and Standards of School Nursing Practice to their individual school health setting.
• Identify one new competency that they will incorporate into their practice.

Intended Audience
This continuing education program is a knowledge NCPD program developed to meet the educational needs of registered nurses who are interested in child, adolescent health, community/public health, and school nursing.

Faculty

CherylAnn Resha, EdD, MSN, RN, FNASN
Professor Emerita
Southern CT State University

Wendy Rau, MSN, BA, RN
Director of Health Services
Lincoln Public Schools

Kathy Reiner, MPH, BA, BSN, RN, AE-C
Regional Nurse Specialist
Colorado Department of Education

Catherine F. Yonkaitis, DNP, RN, NCSN, PHNA-BC
Clinical Assistant Professor
Director, Advanced Population Health DNP Program
School Nurse Certificate Program
Department of Population Health Nursing Science
University of Illinois Chicago School of Nursing

Faculty and Nurse Planner(s) Disclosures
NASN must ensure that all educational program content is free of commercial interest, bias, influence, and that the integrity of the content is uncompromised. The intent of this disclosure is to provide learners with information on which they can make their own judgments.

The nurse planner(s), faculty, and reviewers disclose there are no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies for ALL those involved with the ability to control the content of this program.

Accreditation Statement
The National Association of School Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Accredited status does not imply endorsement by NASN or ANCC of any commercial products discussed in this learning program.

Commercial Support or Grant Funding
This program did not receive commercial support or grant funding.