NASN Radio- National Association of School Nurses

This is peak season for influenza. Are there any steps that parents and children should be taking this late in the season to avoid getting the flu? The answer is yes, learn more...

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Carol Laura Scott is the Executive Director of Families Fighting Flu, a national non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the lives of children. The organization's members include families whose children have suffered serious medical complications or died from influenza.

Nichole Bobo is the current Project-Manager of CDC three-year funded immunization project focused on determining knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of school nurses.

This is peak season for influenza. Are there any steps that parents and children should be taking this late in the season to avoid getting the flu? The answer is yes, learn more...

Follow: @schoolnurses @bamradionetwork

Carol Laura Scott is the Executive Director of Families Fighting Flu, a national non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the lives of children. The organization's members include families whose children have suffered serious medical complications or died from influenza.

Nichole Bobo is the current Project-Manager of CDC three-year funded immunization project focused on determining knowledge, attitudes and beliefs of school nurses.

School nurses are among the first people positioned to spot a behavioral health disorder in students. But behavioral health disorders can be difficult to identify. Our guests offer useful guidance and tools.

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Mary Ann Gapinski, BSN, MSN, RN, NCSN, is currently employed as a School Health Nursing Advisor with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. Mary Ann also serves on the National Board for Certification of School Nurses. David M. Schwartz, Ph.D., ABPdN is in private practice, specializing in Learning and Educational Issues. He is a Clinical Neuropsychologist in Atlanta, Georgia.

Multiple national surveys point to the disturbing abuse of prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, like OTC cough medicine, among today's teens. Six percent of high school teens admit to having abused cough medicine, to get high in the past year and thirty-three percent of high school teens say they know someone who has abused cough medicine. In this segment we provide school nurses and parents with tools to help address teen medicine abuse.

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Peggy McKibbin, is a member of National Association of School Nurses (NASN), with nearly 15 years' experience as a school nurse, and currently at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware. Tammy Walsh is a High School Teacher & Founder: Northport Community Book Club designed to start conversation between parents and teens about the risk of substance abuse. Both are members of the Five Moms:Stopping Cough Medicine Abuse initiative, part of the Stop Medicine Abuse prevention campaign.

Multiple national surveys point to the disturbing abuse of prescription (Rx) and over-the-counter (OTC) medicines, like OTC cough medicine, among today's teens. Six percent of high school teens admit to having abused cough medicine, to get high in the past year and thirty-three percent of high school teens say they know someone who has abused cough medicine. In this segment we provide school nurses and parents with tools to help address teen medicine abuse. Follow: @schoolnurses @bamradionetwork Peggy McKibbin, is a member of National Association of School Nurses (NASN), with nearly 15 years' experience as a school nurse, and currently at Polytech High School in Woodside, Delaware. Tammy Walsh is a High School Teacher & Founder: Northport Community Book Club designed to start conversation between parents and teens about the risk of substance abuse. Both are members of the Five Moms:Stopping Cough Medicine Abuse initiative, part of the Stop Medicine Abuse prevention campaign.

It has taken ten years, but the goal of raising a million dollars for school nursing research, scholarships and grants has been reached. Tune in and hear about the funding now available to you and how it will help advance school nursing and student outcomes.

Dr Erin Maughan is the Director of Research with the National Association of School Nurses. Carolyn Duff is the current president of the National Association of School Nurses. Rob Rogers is COO of School Health Corporation, the nation's leading provider of medical supplies, equipment and assistive technology to healthcare professionals in educational settings and is the past chair of the National Association of School Nurses (NASN).

Meningitis is a deadly disease that can overcome a person within hours. However the disease can be prevented In this segment we discuss the disease, the signs, symptoms and the recommended vaccine. We also provide links to free resource created specifically for school nurses to inform parents and students about this disease.

Beth Mattey, MSN, RN, NCSN has been a school nurse in the Brandywine School District for 26 years. Beth is President-Elect for the National Association of School Nurses. In addition, she is an instructor at the University of Delaware. Jamie Schanbaum is a Paralympic Cyclist Survivor National Get in the Game Campaign Ambassador. In November 2008, 20-year-old Jamie Schanbaum almost lost her life to a serious, yet potentially vaccine-preventable bacterial infection called meningococcal septicemia.

A recent survey of school nurses found that most feel prepared to teach oral health. However, a closer assessment revealed that some school nurses may be less prepared than the survey suggests. In this segment we talk about how you can assess your own oral health competency.

Dr. Judith Haber is the Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing at the NYU College of Nursing whose unique organizational partner is the NYU College of Dentistry. She is the Co-Executive Director of a national nursing oral health initiative, the Oral Health Nursing Education Practice (OHNEP) Program funded by the DentaQuest, Washington State and Connecticut Dental Foundations. Susan Zacharski, MEd, BSN, RN, is a school nurse and has worked in the urban school district of Pontiac, Michigan for 25 years. She is a recent National Association of School Nurses Director.

A recent survey of school nurses found that most feel prepared to teach oral health. However, a closer assessment revealed that some school nurses may be less prepared than the survey suggests. In this segment we talk about how you can assess your own oral health competency.

Dr. Judith Haber is the Ursula Springer Leadership Professor in Nursing at the NYU College of Nursing whose unique organizational partner is the NYU College of Dentistry. She is the Co-Executive Director of a national nursing oral health initiative, the Oral Health Nursing Education Practice (OHNEP) Program funded by the DentaQuest, Washington State and Connecticut Dental Foundations. Susan Zacharski, MEd, BSN, RN, is a school nurse and has worked in the urban school district of Pontiac, Michigan for 25 years. She is a recent National Association of School Nurses Director.

There are numerous myths and misconceptions about head lice. Regretfully, some have been translated into school policies that can do immeasurable harm to students and families. In this segment out guest debunk these myths and offer school nurses critical resources that can be used to educate and manage lice out breaks in schools.

Mark Terry has been in public education for 33 years, 23 as principal. Served as an administrator in urban, suburban, and rural districts from low socioeconomic to high. Principal of Eubanks Intermediate School in Southlake, Texas. Currently serving as the president of the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). DeborahPontius is health services coordinator for Pershing county school district in Lovelock, NV and immediate past NASN board member She wrote "hats off to lice" for NASN school nurse 2011 regarding lice policy change in my district.