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  • NASN 2024 Stronger Together

    By: Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN , 4 days ago

    This year the annual NASN Conference is in Chicago. There is plenty of time to register for this event. If you have never gone to the NASN Conference, now is the year to do it! So many educational opportunities and nurses from around the US and the world will be there for networking! Check it out here. Hope to see you there! 

  • Unity Point 2024 School Nurse Conference

    By: Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN , 4 days ago

    Registration is open for the Unity Point 2024 School Nurse Conference on July 10th. Click the link above to get more information.

  • Registration Still Open for Spring 2024 ISNO Conference

    By: Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN , one month ago

    2024 Annual Iowa School Nurse Conference!

     

    When: Thursday and Friday April 18-19, 2024

    Where: DMACC Conference Center/Newton Campus/Newton, Iowa

     

    Overnight Accommodations

    Thursday April 18

    Best Western Holiday Manor

    208 W 4th St N Newton

    Call to book

    641-792-3333

     

     

    *** Special Thursday night happy hour and celebration-details to be announced! ***

     

    ISNO Member

    Thursday only/$125 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

    Friday only/$50 (9:00 AM-12 Noon)

    Both days/$150

     

    Non-Member

    Thursday only/$145 (8:00 AM-5:00 PM)

    Friday only/$65 (9:00 AM-12 Noon)

    Both days/$185

     

    Registration link: http://uiowa.cloud-cme.com/Form.aspx?FormID=6057&EventID=66032

     

    For best user experience, use Google Chrome for registration. Please sign in with your email and password.

    If you’ve never accessed the system, follow instructions to create an account.

    For new users, you may need to select the registration link again once you have created an account.

     

    *** Please refer to your confirmation email for where to mail the check, if necessary, and for your order/invoice number ***

     

    Questions or concerns: Molly James 319/335-7075 molly-james@uiowa.edu

    2024 Annual Iowa School Nurse Conference Agenda

    Thursday April 18

    8:00-8:50 AM Registration

    8:50-9:00 AM Opening Remarks

    9:00-10:00 AM “DifferentAbility” not Disability/Sharon Guthrie

    10:00-11:00 AM Below the Belt-Project Endo (Endometriosis education & Toolkits)/Shannon Cohn

    11:00-11:15 AM Break with Vendors

    11:15-12:15 PM Project ADAM/ Brenda Haag

    12:15-1:15 PM Lunch and Member meeting

    1:15-2:15 PM Vaping and other current recreational drugs/Lindsey Norman & Jade Jackson 2:15-2:30 PM Break with Vendors

    2:30-3:30 PM School Nurse Updates & IME training on how to become a certified QE for Iowa/ Melissa Walker

    3:30-4:30 PM IHP Templates/Melissa Walker

    Friday April 19

    8:00-8:50 PM Registration and breakfast with vendors

    8:50-9:00 AM Opening remarks

    9:00- 10:00 AM Conversion Disorder/ Daniel Wesemann

    10:00- 11:00 AM Dating Violence/Kari Harland

    11:00-11:15 Break with vendors

    11:15 AM-12:30 PM School violence/shootings/threats and dealing with mental health response/Bradley Niebling & Allison Bruhn SCANLON

    12:15 Adjourn

  • Sharon Guthrie named Fellow for NASN

    By: Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN , one month ago

    The National Association of School Nurses honors school nurses who have made extraordinary, unique, and enduring contributions to school nursing and the National Association of School Nurses with recognition in the National Academy of School Nursing Fellows (FNASN).

     

    Sharon Guthrie, PhD, ARNP, CPNP, NCSN, RN-BC has been bestowed this honor by the National Academy of School Nursing. She will be inducted during a ceremony held on June 28th at the National Association of School Nurses Annual Conference in Chicago.

     

    This is the most prestigious recognition that members can receive from the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). It is a symbol of superior achievement in the school nursing profession and exceptional contributions to NASN and the profession of school nursing. The depth and breadth of the Fellow’s imprint on the field is extraordinary; their contributions have had significant and enduring impact, and their exemplary leadership qualities and achievements are recognized by many. The Fellow of the National Academy of School Nursing demonstrates profound excellence and prominent contributions to the field of school nursing in a manner that has far reaching effects on the practice.

    Sharon Guthrie, PhD, ARNP, CPNP, NCSN, RN-BC named Fellow of NASN

  • ISNO School Nurse of the Year 2024

    By: Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN Teri Schloss, MSN, RN, NCSN , one month ago

    Wendy Donald, BSN, RN, NCSN has been chosen as the Iowa School Nurse Organization School Nurse of the Year 2024! Wendy has been a school nurse for over 25 years and has spent the last seven years as a nurse for the Muscatine School District. Wendy will be honored at the Iowa School Nurse Organization Conference in Newton April 18-19th. She will also be honored at the National Association of School Nurses Conference in Chicago this summer. Congratulations Wendy!

    Wendy Donald, BSN, RN, NCSN