Online Program
Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Update for School Nurses 2025
Overview:
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Cost: $ 30.00
Contact Hours 1.5
Objectives:
After this presentation, the learner will be able to describe:
1. data about epinephrine administration
2. food allergy and anaphylaxis updates as they relate to the school setting
3. newer medications in the treatment of anaphylaxis
Presenter:
Michael Pistiner, MD, MMSc, is a pediatric allergist and the Director of Food Allergy Advocacy, Education, and Prevention at Mass General for Children’s Food Allergy Center. He is a national leader in food allergy and anaphylaxis education, school health collaboration, and provider training. Dr. Pistiner has contributed to multiple school health resources and publications, including the CDC’s Voluntary Guidelines for Managing Food Allergies in Schools, the Food Allergy Management and Education (FAME) Toolkit, the 2016 Massachusetts guideline update Managing Life-Threatening Allergies in Schools, and the recently published Food Allergy Management in Schools (FAMS) guidelines. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics, serving on both the Section on Allergy and Immunology and the Council on School Health.
Dr. Pistiner is the co-founder of AllergyHome.org, which has provided free training for schools for over a decade. He has served as a voluntary consultant for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health School Health Services and regularly partners with school nurses and educators to improve safety and inclusion for students with food allergies. A father of a child with food allergies, he brings both professional expertise and personal perspective to his work.
Presenter Disclosure Statement:The planners and presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
If relevant financial relationships are identified, this information will be shared with learners prior to the educational activity.
Continuing Education Information:
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.
MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Provider Number 2019U003