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Choice of 10 School Health Specific Online Programs for $169, choose now or as you go and finish within one year!
Up to a 50% discount for max 28 contact hours!
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New School Nurse Orientation Program
8 Online Orientation Programs PLUS 2 choices for $169 Register Now
New School Nurse ORIENTATION Program Package Subscription
These are NOT the DPH/DESE programs that are needed for MA School Nurse Licensure. These are programs that any new school nurse or per diem nurse can take to familiarize themselves with the specialty role.
For NEW school nurses and per diem school nurses8 Online Orientation Programs PLUS 2 choices for $169
Summer Academy 2024: Cultivating Hope and Kindness in Your School Nursing Practice
This package includes seven of the presentations from Summer Academy 2024: Cultivating Hope and Kindness in Your School Nursing Practice. Presentations include: Shining Light on Youth Emotional Wellness: Understanding, Supporting, and Empowering K-12 Students, Cultivating Calm: The Science of Mindfulness, Assessment of Common Orthopedic Injuries in School, Abdominal Assessment for School Nurses, Kindness, School Medicaid, and Promoting Healthy Outcomes for LGBTQ students.
Contact Hours: 8.6 Cost: $149 Length: 8.6 hours
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Karen Rufo MS, RN, PPCP-BC presents abdominal assessment skills for school nurses. Please refer to the Resources for specific charts and posters. Presented at Summer Academy 2024.
Contact hours: 1.25 Cost: $25 Length: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-08-16 | Date Expires: 2027-08-16 |
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Dr Kip MacKenzie, OBGYN, discusses the history of non-diagnosis and misdiagnosis for years in the medical field regarding Endometriosis. He explains the physiology behind the condition and the treatments that are successful and not-successful. Dr. MacKenzie describes the gender inequality for this condition. He also discusses signs and symptoms that can begin before a first period, what to watch out for and how to refer to an Endometriosis provider. Resources are given in the Resource section. This webinar was an IPE program for school nurses and pharmacists held on September 24, 2024.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost $35.00 Length: 90 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $35.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-09-25 | Date Expires: 2027-09-25 |
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Tylee Schraufnagel, MS, ATC, Chelsea Public Schools’s Athletic Trainer discusses common orthopedic injuries school nurses may see in the school setting. She discusses injuries of the hand, elbow, shoulder, knee and ankle. Tylee also presents what needs immediate assessment and other treatments. This presentation was given on August 7, 2024 at the NEUSHA Summer Academy.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $25 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-08-18 | Date Expires: 2027-08-18 |
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| Contact Hour(s): 2.50 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 2 hours, 30 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-06-13 | Date Expires: 2027-06-13 |
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Jeff Perrotti, MA, CAS presented at Summer Academy 2024 on Healthy Outcomes for LGBTQ Youth and what school nurses can do to support them in schools. Jeff provides resources for all school employees to utilize. Jeff continues to be an amazing advocate for students and families!
Contact hours: 1.25 Cost: $25 Length: 75 mins
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-08-19 | Date Expires: 2027-08-19 |
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Dawn Hanson, MSN, RN, SANE-A presents on this PSNI webinar on setting up a school based vaccine clinic in your schools. She makes suggestions about getting administration buy-in and who your partners could be to implement this in your school for your students and staff. There is a NASN article with School Located Clinic suggestions as well. (PSNI customers, please check with PSNI for the FREE access code).
Contact hour: 0.5 Cost: $10 Length: 30 mins
| Contact Hour(s): 0.5 | Cost: $10.00 | Length of Program: 30 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-09-16 | Date Expires: 2027-09-16 |
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Bob Bundy explains School Medicaid and how this additional revenue stream can help support school health services. He explains the difference between Traditional and Expanded Medicaid and gives resources to explore to bring this funding into schools. Carilyn Rains and Tina Rusak discuss how they have implemented School Medicaid into their disticts with helpful hints and resources. There are 2 Breakout Sessions included: One for MA School Nurses and One for school nurses outside MA.This presentation was at Summer Academy 2024.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.75 | Cost: $35.00 | Length of Program: 1.75 |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-08-27 | Date Expires: 2027-08-27 |
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Speakers from Minding Your MInd (MindingYourMind.org) Sarika Argarwal and Linda Price, discuss Youth emotional health. They talk about depression and anxiety, hope and resilience and strategies school nurses can use with our students. This presentation was given at the 2024 Summer Academy August 8, 2024.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $30 Length: 90 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $30.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-08-17 | Date Expires: 2027-08-17 |
School Nurse International Conference Package
Held in Boston, July 2023
11 Presentations for $125 11.5 Contact Hours
a 46% discount!
Topics include: A Global Overview of the Status of Adolescent & Youth Health & Wellbeing (WHO), A Public Health Approach to Ending Gun Violence Against Children- Experiences from a U.S. School Nurse’s Health Office, Long COVID/POTS/MECFS in Children, Assessing the Needs of Survivors of Female Genital Mutilation, CDC Report on Adolescent Health in the US, Adolescent Sexual & Reproductive Health & Access to Care, DEI Panel for School Nurses, Endometriosis:What School Nurses Should Know, WHO Global Mental Health for Adolescents and WHO Violence/Maltreatment of Children.
| Contact Hour(s): 11.5 | Cost: $125.00 | Length of Program: 11.5 hours |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-14 | Date Expires: 2026-09-14 |
Dr. Valentina Baltag is the head of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health unit in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing in WHO’s HQ in Geneva. She discusses the health of adolescents across the globe ages 10-19 and how school health and school nurses play a central role in identifying risk factors and protective factors for our adolescents. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston, July 17, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-03 | Date Expires: 2026-09-03 |
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN, discusses the state of injuries/death to US children and teens due to firearms. Robin addresses this as a Public Health issue that all school nurses should be aware of and take part in a harm reduction model with educaiton about safe storage. She discusses the drivers of firearm injuries as well. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Confernce in Boston, July 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-12 | Date Expires: 2026-09-12 |
Dr. Peter Rowe, Director, Children’s Center Chronic Fatigue Clinic and Professor of Pediatrics at Johns Hopkins describes the signs and symptoms of Long COVID in children/adolescents and how similar they are to ME/CFS/POTS. He also discusses treatment modalities. Many of his referral come from school nurses. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston in July 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-07 | Date Expires: 2026-09-07 |
Debbie Helms, Director of Samaritans of Merrimack Valley presents on the risk factors and protective factors regarding suicide in youth. She discusses the youth suicide statistics for males, females as well as special groups like LGBTQ and non-binary youth. Debbie provides many resources for school nurses and talks about the upcoming National Hotline number coming July 16, 2022. This is a recorded webinar from January 20, 2022.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-01-21 | Date Expires: 2025-01-21 |
Mynette Shifman, Justine Uhlenbrock and Greg West discuss best practices as a school nurse, nurse educator and as a health educator in dealing with reproductive health issues with students. This pressentation is from the November 8, 2022 conference.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-12-06 | Date Expires: 2025-12-06 |
This program regarding Current Status of Access to Reproductive Healthcare for Underage students was presented at the 7th Annual November Conference, November 8, 2022. With Dr. Kathy Simmonds as moderator, we hear from Elizabeth Nash, MMP, BA (Guttmacher Institute), Christie Pitney, MSN, RN, WHNP-BC, Melissa Shube, JD (The Lawyering Project) and Robin Watkins, (Power to Decide ) regarding present access to reproductive healthcare issues for students.
Contact Hours: 2 Cost: $30 Length: 2 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 2.0 | Cost: $30.00 | Length of Program: 120 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-12-02 | Date Expires: 2025-12-02 |
MA Senator Jamie Eldridge and Beth William Breault EdD, discuss the state of health education regarding reproductive rights for students. The most current laws and educational concepts are discussed. This presentation was part of the Reproductive Health conference on November 8, 2023.
Contact Hours: .75 Cost: $15 Length: 45 mins
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $15.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-12-04 | Date Expires: 2025-12-04 |
Benita Miller, JD, Executive Director of Powerful Families, Powerful Communities and Cami Anderson, founder and CEO of Thirdway Solutions discuss pregnant and parenting teens and how educational structure can hinder or support these students for academic success. This is a presentation from the November 8, 2023 conference on Reproductive Healthcare.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-12-03 | Date Expires: 2025-12-03 |
SANE nurse Mildrine Tulysse and Catherine Cox the U.S. Programs Coordinator for Sahiyo presented regarding female genital mutilation. They discuss where in the world and in the US this is occuring. They also give resources for school nurses for referrals and support. This presentation was given on July 19, 2023 at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-02 | Date Expires: 2026-09-02 |
Dr. Rob Leeman discusses the trends of adolescent alcohol use and misuse. He also describes newer interventions using technology/apps for adolescent to use for self-evaluation. Dr. Leeman discusses the increase in heavy alcohol use by adolescents. This webinar was held on April 6, 2023.
Contact Hours: 1.25 Cost: $10 Length: 1 hour, 15 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $10.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-04-06 | Date Expires: 2026-04-06 |
Dr Kathleen Ethier and Carmen Ashley from the CDC Adolescent Health Unit discuss the Youth Risk Behavior survey including results onsexual behaviors, substance use, experience of violence, mental health and suicidality and LGBTQ inclusivity. They also discussed the CDC “What Works in Schools” program. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston on July 17, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-08 | Date Expires: 2026-09-08 |
Kathy Simmonds, PhD, MPH, RN, WHNP-BC discusses the current state of reproductive healthcare for adolescents in the US and globally. She addresses the impact of new laws and regulations on adolescent reproductive health care. She also discuses the issue of human trafficking. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston, July 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-11 | Date Expires: 2026-09-11 |
Elizabeth Klements MS, RN, PPCNP-BC, AE-C discusses the physiology of asthma and presents treatment options and various inhaler types for students with asthma. She presents information about SMART Therapy and gives excellent resources for videos and handouts for student and family education. This is a recorded webinar from February 23, 2022.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-02-23 | Date Expires: 2025-02-23 |
Dr. Robyn Cohen of Boston Medical Center presents and discusses SMART Therapy (Single Maintenance and Reliever Therapy) options for asthma treatment. She also discusses the updated NHBLI Asthma Treatment Guidelines. This presentation was a webinar for the Boston Public School Nurses on February 7th, 2024. This presentation is FREE for all Massachusetts School Nurses through a DPH grant.
Contact hours: 1.25. Cost: $20 Length of program: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-02-21 | Date Expires: 2027-02-21 |
Adam Broughton, PA, Michelle Braillard, NP, Josh Lee, CRNA and Natalie Blue, LMHC discuss health professional burnout definitions and what we can do to recognize and reduce burnout. This interprofessional webinar was held on December 20 and 21, 2021.
Contact hours: 2 Cost: $25 Length: 2 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 2.0 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 120 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-01-03 | Date Expires: 2025-01-03 |
Dr. Bruce Moore, OD, Professor Emeritus at the New England College of Optometry, and Paulette Tattersall DipPharm, MSc., Director of the Northeast Region for the nonprofit Prevent Blindness explain what school nurses need to know regarding ChildrenÂ’s Vision, emphasizing the importance of early detection of vision issues. Created 10/5/18. Reviewed 6/24/21.
Contact hours: 2.5 Cost: $25 Length: 2.5 hours
Brandon Dionne, PharmD dicusses COVID 19 therapeutics in the outpaitient setting, reviewing mild to severe COVID disease, appropriate medication choices of anti-virals for providers,and client case studies regarding medication choices. He also includes a link for drug interactions with COVID medicaitions.
Contact hours: 1 Cost $20 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-05-17 | Date Expires: 2025-05-17 |
Chief Peter Buck, Drug Recognition Expert (DRE), presented current drug trends seen in our communities, identified current substances being used in MA, describes drug paraphernalia, as well as identification of physical and clinical signs of impairment we might observe in our health offices. This presentation was given at the Summer Academy, on August 9th, 2022.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $25 Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-08-29 | Date Expires: 2025-08-29 |
This program consists of two screencast tutorials created by NEUSHA Directors Kathy Hassey and Jenny Gormley. They are designed to increase school nurse knowledge, confidence in skills related to tracking student health data in their practice and sharing it with their school community. Created 4/24/18. Reviewed 12/5/22.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $25 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-12-05 | Date Expires: 2025-12-05 |
Brenna Morse, PhD, FNP-BC, NCSN, CNE, PMGT-BC discusses contact dermatitis related to counterfeit cosmetics. She discusses student presentation and differentiating irritant and allergic dermatitis. She also dicusses the intervention to address the issue as well as teaching points to share with students. New program 4/11/2022.
Contact Hour: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-04-11 | Date Expires: 2025-04-11 |
Ann Linehan, DNP, MSN, RN presents a diabetes overview as well as tips regarding diabetes numeracy for school nurses. Also included is the printable diabetes calculation numeracy card and other resources for school nurses working with students with diabetes. Created 6/15/18. Reviewed 8/9/22
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $25 Length: 1.5 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 75 mins |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-08-09 | Date Expires: 2025-08-09 |
Dr. Kate King discusses the work of the NASN DEI Task Force and panelists Brianna Cormos, school nurse, and Brenda Lormil, FNP-C, Founder of HAMA discuss DEI in the school, hospital and community settings. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston, July 19, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $30.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-04 | Date Expires: 2026-09-04 |
Vaping and the use of e-cigarettes is a public health crisis for our adolescents. This recorded webinar presents this issue for a better understanding. Created 3/13/19. Reviewed/Renewed 3/13/22
| Contact Hour(s): 1 | Cost: $15.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-03-22 | Date Expires: 2025-03-13 |
Annie Hollyer, BSN, RN is the Director of Residential Nursing at the Cambridge Eating Disorder Center (CEDC). CEDC is a nationally renowned specialty center providing a full continuum of care to individuals who struggle with eating disorders. She discusses the trends and treatment for those with various modes of eating disorders. The presentation was given at Summer Academy on August 9th, 2022.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-08-27 | Date Expires: 2025-08-27 |
Dr. Kip Mackenzie speaks about the origin of the mistreatment/misdiagnosis of endometriosis. Endometriosis affects at least 10% of women worldwide and is still misunderstood. Dr. Mackenzie explains the signs and symptoms of endo, and how school nurses awareness will positively impact students getting referral and treatment for endometriosis. This was presented at the School Nurse International School Nurse Conference in Boston, MA on July 18, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $30.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-01 | Date Expires: 2026-09-01 |
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Dr. Kip MacKenzie brings us the most current information about endometriosis and the impact it has on adolescent girls and young women. Nicole Pearlstein and her daughter Michela bring us the personal impact endometriosis has had on their lives. The critically-acclaimed film Endo What? is included in the program. This film “shatters the myths around endometriosis” according to The NEW YORK TIMES and was hailed as “the first step in a plan for change” by NEWSWEEK. School Nurses need to be aware of this often debilitating condition to assist their students. Created 3/15/19. In 2019 , we had 176 million women worldwide with endometriosis, in 2022, there are 190 million women workdwide! Reviewed 3/14/24 Length: 3.5 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 3.5 hours |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2022-05-24 | Date Expires: 2024-10-25 |
Julia Varshavsky, PhD, MPH and Emily Zimmerman, PhD, CCC-SLP, both professors at Northeastern University, discuss environmental issues globally that are impacting children and adolescent health. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston on July 20th, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-09-06 | Date Expires: 2026-09-06 |
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Dr. Maria Anidi and Dr. Pooja Bhalla present a quality improvement approach to strengthen collaboration between school nurses and other school team members regarding student homelessness. Information is provided regarding the development and evaluation processes of a newly developed Homelessness Assessment Tool. Strategies to facilitate communication and improved care coordination of students experiencing homelessness are discussed. This webinar took place on February 2, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-02-02 | Date Expires: 2026-02-02 |
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Lorena Gaskill MN, BA, RN is an Assistant Professor of Nursing at the Chaminade University of Honolulu who practiced school nursing for 13 years. Lory discusses the need for adolescents to be assisted with transitioning from pediatric healthcare to adult healthcare. This includes health literacy as well as learning to advocate for themselves. Ms. Gaskill is currently pursuing her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from The University of Pennsylvania where she hopes to focus on assisting children and families with the transition from pediatric to adult health care. This is a recorded webinar from January 12, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-01-12 | Date Expires: 2026-01-12 |
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The following program was created as part of a Nursing Administration Graduate practicum project. Having a professional biosketch allows the nurse to share their professional and clinical expertise with the viewer. Created 3/1/2021 Reviewed and Renewed 9/9/2024
Contact hours: 0.5 Cost: FREE Length: 30 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 0.5 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 30 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2024-09-09 | Date Expires: 2027-09-09 |
Paula Giraldo, BA and Geri Medina, MPH, BA present the first modules for HEAL Asthma Education: An Introduction to Asthma Friendly Schools and Maintaining an Asthma Friendly School: A School Wide Approach. These are the first 2 modules in a series.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2026-12-11 |
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Asthma Education: Healthy Environments Advance Learning Part 2. HEAL Asthma Education: An Introduction to Asthma Friendly Schools and Maintaining an Asthma Friendly School: A School Wide Approach.These modules cover Integrated Pest Managment, Green Cleaning, Leaks and Moisture and Clutter impacting children’s asthma in schools.
Contact Hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2027-03-14 |
This webinar took place on Jan. 6th, 2019 and was recorded via BlueJeans. Kelli Garber, MSN, APRN, PPCNP-BC, Lead Advanced Practice Provider and Clinical Integration Specialist for the Center for Telehealth at the Medical University of South Carolina, and Lynn Floyd, School Nurse and Telehealth Presenter, explain how telehealth works in the school setting. Created 1/24/19. Reviewed: 12/11/22-12/11/25.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $15.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-12-11 |
Dr. Michael Pistiner discusses life-threatening allergies, triggers, and how to manage them in the public and private school setting. This is a recorded webinar. Created 3/16/19. Reviewed 3/22. Added resources from updated data on Sesame being the new 9th allergen.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $15.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-03-16 |
This is a recorded webinar by Emily Hall and Margot Tracy explaining the Massachusetts School-Based Medicaid program for school nurses. They cover the logistics of documentation, the vital Random Moment in Time Study (RMTS) information, and provide resources for learning about School-based Medicaid. They provide examples of direct services and indirect services provided by school nurses. This program is underwritten by Exergen Corporation. Live webinar was on 5/4/2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $10.00 | Length of Program: 1.25 hours |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2026-05-04 |
Dr. Valentina Baltag, head of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health unit in the Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing at the World Health Organization, discusses adolescent mental health. She presents the “Helping Adolescent Thrive Toolkit” from WHO. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference in Boston on July 21, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2026-09-05 |
Jamy Gaynor presents her doctoral work describing how school nurses practicing mindfulness for just 5 minutes in the morning, positively impacted their school nursing practice. This presentation was videotaped at the 2019 Summer Academy in Hyannis, MA. Created 9/9/19. Reviewed 12/22/22.
Contact hour: 0.5 Cost: $10 Length: 30 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 0.5 | Cost: $10.00 | Length of Program: 30 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-12-22 |
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Dr. Chris Campbell, PT, DPT, STC, CSCS, CCI discusses how primary care providers can provide a proper assessment regarding low back pain in patients. He provides an algorithm for assessment and management of low back pain in patiets.
| Contact Hour(s): 1 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2024-10-29 |
Narcolepsy Impacting Students: Overview and School Accommodations is presented by Dr. Kiran Maski, a Neurologist at Boston Children’s Hospital. The pathophysiology of Narcolepsy is explained and the impact on students’ academic success, emotional support and school accommodations are discussed. Pediatric Daytime Sleepiness Survey added.Created December 2016.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 1.5 hours |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-05-23 |
These expert speakers discuss the opportunities regarding working with our newly arrived immigrant and refugee families. Speakers discuss available resources for the various needs of these students and families. They also discuss the need for appropriate translation services. This presentation was from November 7th, 2023 conference.
| Contact Hour(s): 2 | Cost: $40.00 | Length of Program: 2 hours |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2026-11-29 |
Leaders at the forefront of school health: The New Jersey State School Nurse Association Spring Conference. Barbara Glickstein presented on advocacy and using our school nurse voice to advance practice. Dr. Janice Selekman presented on Violence and Youth and Donna Mazyck discussed Leadership Lessons Learned During the Pandemic. This is a recorded program on March 19, 2022.
| Contact Hour(s): 3.0 | Cost: $60.00 | Length of Program: 180 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-03-22 |
Veronica Manlove MSL RN CEN presents Legal Aspects in School Nursing Practice for the New Jersey State School Nurse Association (NJSSNA) conference held on March 19, 2022. She discusses documentation and liability issues as well as some case studies.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-03-20 |
Rose K. Hughes OD, FAAO discusses vision, learning and language, dyslexia and learning disabilities in youth. This presentation was recorded from the New Jersey State School Nurse Spring Conference (NJSSNA) on March 19, 2022.
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-03-21 |
Julianne Evangelista, DNP, APRN, CPNP-AC, FAHA is a pediatric nurse practitioner in the Benderson Family Heart Center at Boston Children’s Hospital. She discusses pediatric cardiac emergencies school nurses might encounter. She discusses assessment and management of: Chest pain, Arrhythmia, Syncope /POTS, Congenital Heart Disease School issues, describes special considerations for children with heart disease in the school/outpatient setting and emergency treatment as well as COVID and cardiac implications. This was presented at Summer Academy on August 8, 2022.
Contact hours: 1.1 Cost: $20 Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.1 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-08-26 |
This online program is available for per diem or potential per diem nurses to describe this most valuable role needed in the school setting. The per diem nurse must have a nursing license as well as a working knowledge of school-age children and adolescent health issues. Created 1/4/17. Reviewed/Updated 1/4/2022
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-01-04 |
Dr. Valentina Baltag, head of the Adolescent and Young Adult Health, Department of Maternal, Newborn, Child, Adolescent Health and Ageing in World Health Organization (WHO) discusses a global overview of the status of preventing violence against children and the role of health-care professionals. Globally, one out of two children experience violence each year. This presentation was given at the School Nurse International Conference, Boston on July 20, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 0.5 | Cost: $15.00 | Length of Program: 30 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2026-09-13 |
Kirk Nahra JD, discusses HIPAA regarding privacy and confidentiality, how the law came about, what it means for healthcare and what does the future hold for HIPAA . This is one of the recorded sessions from the November 2nd, 2021 conference.
Contact hour: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2024-11-03 |
Esther Mackenzie DNP, MSN, RN discusses reproductive health and birth control for providers working with women. She reveiws contraception measures, long and short acting, emergency contraception, pregnancy intention screening as well as the need for preconception counseling. Esther also presents available esources for pregnant women. August 2022
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-08-24 |
RHODE ISLAND DOH/PARTNER Orientation Modules
Experts from the Rhode Island Department of Health present these five Rhode Island School Nurse Orientation modules. Modules include Introduction to Orientation to Rhode Island School Nursing parts 1 and 2, Rhode Island Department of Health Immunization Information, Rhode Island Oral Health Information, Rhode Island Asthma Program, and Rhode Island Department of Health School Nurse Perspective on Student Access to Sexual Health Services. Asthma module and Diabetes modules are included in the Orientation package. Reviewed May 20, 2024 Diabetes module added 9/10/24
| Contact Hour(s): 5.0 | Cost: $100.00 | Length of Program: 285 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2027-05-20 |
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Alex Mays, MHA, BA of Healty School Campaign, discusses School Based Medicaid, what Medicaid is, how each state can submit a Medicaid State Plan Amendments, and how bringing Medicaid funding into schools can assist with funding for school health services and how it advances Health and Education Equity. This program was created from a live webinar on Oct. 26, 2021.
Contact Hours: 1.5 Cost: FREE Length: 1.5 hours
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2024-10-26 |
Free
Part 2 of School based Medicaid information. These stories from the Field address how School based Medicaid helps advance health and education equity. School Nurse leaders from Massachusetts, Kentucky and California discuss how they have worked on bringing school based medicaid into their district to help support health services. Alex Mays from Health Schools Campaign discusses the basics of School Based Medicaid. This is a recorded webinar from February 10, 2022. Program expires February 9, 2025.
Contact hours: 2 Cost: FREE
| Contact Hour(s): 2 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 120 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-02-10 |
This is a recorder webinar from 2/11/21. Dr. Mary Beth Miotto provides a COVID-19 vaccine update that includes comparing vaccines available at this time. She also addresses vaccine reservations. Barbara Conley (MA) and Amy Wood (SC) discuss the collaborations, as well as some barriers and benefits involved in planning, school-located vaccine clinics.
Contact Hours 1.5 Cost $20 Length: 90 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2024-02-12 |
Marie DeSisto MSN, RN, NCSN discusses Section 504 in general as well as during the pandemic during remote teaching. The school and school nurse still have 504 responsibilities. Marie is former 504 Coordinator and Director of Nurses for the Waltham Public Schools in Massachusetts (MA) and, prior to these roles, worked as a school nurse in Framingham, MA. This program was created from a webinar recorded on 2/04/2021.
Contact hours: 1.25 Cost: $20 Length: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 85 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2024-02-05 |
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Judy Styer BSN, BA, RN, NCSN Director of Health and Wellness and 504 Coordinator for the Framingham Public Schools in Massachusetts. Judy discusses Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the school nurse role. Created 11/16/17. Reviewed 11/16/2020. Length: 60 minutes
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Session #1 What I Carry‚ Self-Assessment as the Foundation for Managing Stress. School nurses in the United States have been thrust into a new and challenging practice environment. In addition to the Coronavirus pandemic reshaping their roles and responsibilities, their well-being may also be affected. School nurses have been significantly impacted as they assume additional responsibilities to ensure the health of their students and staff, as well as prevent the spread of the Coronavirus and assessing potential positive cases. The uncertainty and stressors that accompany such drastic changes and new demands can affect nurses’ work and home life. This is a recorded webinar from October 7, 2020.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $20 Length: 90mins
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2023-10-08 |
Session # 2 School Nurses in the Age of Coronavirus Series: Welcoming Self Compassion and Enhancing Well-Being. Donna Gaffney DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FANN, shares strategies for self-compassion and well-being with a Chocolate Meditation and breathing exercises. This webinar was recorded on October 21, 2020.
Contact hour: 1.25 Cost:$20 Length: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2023-10-21 |
Session # 3. School Nurses in the Age of Coronavirus: Prevention and Well-Being for Self, Students, and Staff – Compassion and Distancing. Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN shares strategies for self-compassion and working with students who need compassion without burning out. This is a recorded webinar from November 4, 2020.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $20.00. Length: 75 minutes
Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN This webinar series will support school nurses in both their professional and personal lives and provide relevant content to help them recognize the consequences of the pandemic and the challenging environment where they practice. Donna continues her webinar series discussing the challenges of families and relationshipes during the pandemic.
Cost: $20 Contact hours:1.5 Length: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2023-11-19 |
Session #5 Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN This webinar series will support school nurses in both their professional and personal lives and provide relevant content to help them recognize the consequences of the pandemic and the challenging environment where they practice. Donna continues her webinar series grieving the losses we are experiencing in our school nurse role and personal life during the pandemic. This webinar was recorded on December 2, 2020.
Contact hours: 1.25 Cost:$20 Length: 75 minutes
Session #6 Donna Gaffney, DNSc, PMHCNS-BC, FAAN This webinar series will support school nurses in both their professional and personal lives and provide relevant content to help them recognize the consequences of the pandemic and the challenging environment where they practice. Donna continues her webinar series discussing transforming helplessness to wholeness in our school nurse role and personal life during the pandemic. This webinar was recorded on December 16, 2020.
Contact hours: 1.25 Cost:$20 Length: 75 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.25 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2023-12-16 |
Jane Adams DNPc, MSN, RN, FNP-BC specializes in women’s health issues. She discusses the most current information regarding trends and treatments for sexually transmitted infections utilizing data from WHO and CDC.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length:1 hour
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 60 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-06-23 |
Get ready for Spring/Summer and learn about trends in skin cancer mortality and morbidity, factors that affect UV intensity, skin sensitivity, proper sun protection, and skin cancer assessment. Maryellen Maguire-Eisen MSN, RN was the Executive Director of the Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation, which seeks to teach children and nurses about sun protection and skin cancer prevention. Created 4/5/19. Reviewed 12/11/22.
et ready for Spring/Summer and learn about trends in skin cancer mortality and morbidity, factors that affect UV intensity, skin sensitivity, proper sun protection, and skin cancer assessment. Maryellen Maguire-Eisen MSN, RN was the Executive Director of the Children’s Melanoma Prevention Foundation, which seeks to teach children and nurses about sun protection and skin cancer prevention. Created 4/5/19. Reviewed 12/11/22.| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $0.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-12-11 |
Karen Rufo MS, PPCNP-BC presents SMARTIE Goal development for school nurses. This presentation contains School Nurse Professional and Student goal suggestions with many resources to help create your SMARTIE goals.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2027-01-25 |
Daniel Wright, BA, is a co-producer on the documentary The Social Dilemma. He discusses the origin of the documentary and how it is being utilized in educational settings to inform students about the dangers of social media and the impact it is having on our youth. This includes the 40 minute educational documentary (the full 90 documentary is available on Netflix) Daniel discusses the resources that educators and parents can use to assist our youth to take charge of their social media use and not be manipulated by social media companies. Resources include mini clips that are topic specific and a Social Media Detox Tool. This is one of the recorded sessions of the November 2nd, 2021 conference.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $25 Length: 90 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2024-11-04 |
Robin Cogan, MEd, RN, NCSN, FNASN, FAAN presents on Gun Violense prevention in our schools. She addresses gun violence as a public health issue and how school nurses need to be involved as public health nurses. Robin discusses the incidence of gun violence impacting our students and strategies to address the issue. This is a presentation from the Summer Academy 2022.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost:$25 Length: 1 hour, 30 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 75 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-08-28 |
Jeff Perrotti, MA, CAS, founding Director of the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Safe Schools Program for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Questioning Students and Landon Callahan, a national speaker, presented information regarding how school nurses can establish and maintain a safe environmnent in schools for LGBTQIA students. This presentation was at Summer Academy, August 8, 2022.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $25 Length: 1 hour, 30 mins
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $25.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-08-31 |
John Kriger and Dr. Erin Maughan present on the topic of Tech addiction in our youth and how AI is impacting our students. Dr. Maughan also discusses how AI will impact school nuring practice. These presentations were recorded on November 7, 2023.
| Contact Hour(s): 2 | Cost: $40.00 | Length of Program: 2 hours |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2026-12-04 |
Nicole Laffan, Au.D and Laura Dudley, PhD from Northeastern University discuss various characteristics of tinnitus, hearing loss, different causes, treatments options and CBT helping people experiencing tinnitus. This is a recorded webinar from January 12, 2022.
Contact hours: 1.5 Cost: $20 Length: 90 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.5 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 90 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-01-12 |
This program was developed for nurses entering or contemplating entering the school nursing specialty. Re-created 9/9/2024.
Contact hours: 1 Cost: $20 Length: 60 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.0 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2027-09-09 |
Dr. Sandra Mattar is a Clinical Psychologist, and Director of Training of the Immigrant and Refugee Health Center at Boston Medical Center, discusses the trauma of war on children and families and what symptoms we might see as regugee families enter our schools. Lindsey Martin, NP, Director of Global Disaster Response and Humanitarian Action at Mass General and has just returned from the Ukrainian/Polish border and she discusses what she has seen with families leaving Ukraine. Nicole Kazarian, MSN, RN, NCSN is a Supervisor of Nurses in the Worcester Public Schools and discusses the collaborations needed to assist with Refugee resettlement and getting students into schools. This program was created from our live webinar April 27th, 2022.
Contact hours: 1.75 Cost: $20 Length of program: 1 hour 40 minutes
| Contact Hour(s): 1.75 | Cost: $20.00 | Length of Program: 1 hour 40 minutes |
| Date Created/Reviewed: 2023-12-11 | Date Expires: 2025-04-28 |
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