School Nurse Competencies Reimagined: Strategies for Meaningful Competency Assessment in School Nursing [Enduring]

Release Date: 10/12/2023
Expiration Date: 10/12/2025
Originally presented at Virtual NASN2022.

Cost: $20.00/Free for NASN members!

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Program Overview
School nurses practice independently in the school setting. Many school nurse supervisors are not in the position to truly evaluate day to day competencies of their nurses, because they are not there! This session will challenge participants to reimagine clinical competency assessment. The presenter will introduce participants to creative strategies for assessing school nurse competency. The strategies align with the Framework for 21st Century School Nursing PracticeTM and are designed to meet frontline school nurses where they are, at school! Participants will compare and contrast the pros and cons of each strategy and will experience practical examples of each strategy. This session is designed to energize school nurses to accept responsibility for their own clinical competency and is focused on personal and professional development.

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

• Differentiate between nursing competence and nursing proficiency.
• Recognize the responsibilities of the school nurse and the school health program in defining and maintaining clinical competency.
• Become familiar with at least five clinical competency activities that might be used by school nursing programs.
• Recognize the clinical competency framework designed to assess competency in medically complex procedures and diabetic care.

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

Julie Doyle, BSN, RN, NCSN
Medically Fragile Nurse Specialist
Wake County Health and Human Services

Stacey Helmandollar, BSN, RN, NCSN
Preschool Nurse Specialist
Wake County Health and Human Services

Melissa McHugh, MSN, RN, NCSN
Diabetes Nurse Specialist
Wake County Health and Human Services

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.