WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARENortheastern University School Health Academy (NEUSHA) is located within Northeastern University School of Nursing, which is accredited as a provider of continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)’s commission on accreditation. NEUSHA provides innovative face to face and online continuing nursing education to school nurses, counselors and administrators from 50 states and 15 countries providing more than 27,000 certificates to learners since July 1st, 2016. We constantly evaluate professional development needs to provide valuable topics. We also frequently partner with other organizations within and outside of Northeastern to offer contact hours to all nurses.
In 2017-2018 our Face to Face programs included hands-on tourniquet training, working with students with anxiety or Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS), preventing student suicides, responding to disclosures of sexual violence, preventing vaping and substance use, and our second year of our 8-part School Nurse Leadership Series. NEUSHA also partnered with the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization to coordinate the Fall MSNO Conference, as well as the 30th Annual New England School Nurse Conference. These conferences were widely attended and featured engaging, knowledgeable speakers on a wide variety of needed topics. We held our annual conference in Cape Cod, Summer Academy 2018: Infusing Innovation into School Health, which was a rousing success at which experts shared current and innovative approaches to supporting student health, safety and success at school.
In 2018-2019 we hosted our annual Election Day conference in Marlboro featuring topics such as marijuana laws and the impact on student use, updated concussion guidelines and school nurse advocacy for student safety. In Jan. – March 2019, we are hosting a series of “Weekly Webinars” on topics including Telehealth in Schools, Twitter as a Tool for School Nurse Advocacy, Holistic School Nursing, Grandparents Raising Grandchildren, Supporting Grieving Students, and much more! We are recording these webinars and offering them as online programs as well. We offer an annual Online Program Package Subscription (choice of any 10 online programs) for $159 pp. We also offer a New School Nurse Orientation Online Subscription Package with 8 standard online programs and 2 individual choices for $159 pp.
As of January 2020, we offer over 130 different online programs, ranging from 1-2.5 hours, at a low cost of $10-$25 per program, which groups of school health professionals can complete together for in-school professional development. They can also be completed individually at the learner’s pace. Topics range from clinical assessment of physical and mental health issues, such as dermatological and cardiovascular concerns, to professional skills for nurses including using technology and data effectively, to understanding how to support vulnerable students, including LGBTQ students, students with disabilities, or students experience dating violence. Our COVID webinars were provided free to over 3,200 school nurses in 39 states and over 860 school nurses have watched them as online programs.
MISSION
We believe in:
- supporting school nurses and other school personnel in their efforts to provide evidence-based prevention and management practices to an increasingly diverse, medically-complex student population
- developing, implementing and evaluating quality, engaging learning opportunities that promote the health, safety and achievement of school-aged youth
- fostering a professional and positive practice of respectful, continuous improvement within the organization and for clients we serve
CONTACT US
For opportunities to collaborate on continuing learning opportunities for school health professionals, or to learn more about our programs, please reach out to us!
NEUSHA phone: (617) 593-0335
Jenny M. Gormley, DNP, MSN, BA, RN, NCSN, Director j.gormley@northeastern.edu
Kathleen A. Hassey, DNP, MEd, BA, BSN, RN, Director k.hassey@northeastern.edu
Northeastern University School of Nursing is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
DESE Provider Number 2019U0003
This page has been updated as of 10/12/22