Practical Strategies to Address the Challenges of Today's SCHOOL NURSE Presented by Sandra Moritz, RN, BS, M.Ed., NCSN-E Pennsylvania School Nurse of the Year, Exceptional School Nurse Trainer

Specifically Designed for School Nurses, District Nurses, School Health Services Coordinators and Other Staff Working in the School Health Office Serving Grades K 12

Practical Ideas and Strategies

If you are looking for the current, best ideas and resources to enhance your effectiveness as a school nurse, you will not want to miss this one-day seminar. During this intensive day, outstanding school nurse, Sandra Moritz, will share dozens of proven ways to more effectively address the speed bumps of school nursing to make your practice more efficient as well as safer from hazards and liability. Sandra will share numerous personal tips and practical ideas she has gathered throughout her extensive school nursing experience that will increase your effectiveness. Research and experience?driven ideas will help you create an atmosphere that reduces the stress from the varied challenges you experience in your role as a school nurse and student health advocate. You'll learn practical ways to more effectively address a variety of today's school health issues including assessments, infection prevention, trauma and injuries.

You'll leave this seminar with an extensive school nursing practice digital resource handbook as well as dozens of ideas you will be able to use immediately to enhance your practice as a school nurse.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. Examine Shifts and Trends
   Review "What's new" in our rapidly changing field … Explore field trip safety, coverage in the office, med errors and more
2. Address Unsafe Practices to Reduce Liability
   Experience Tabletop Exercises as a learning tool to avoid "I'm calling my lawyer"
3. Be Rash Ready – A Rash may be More Than Skin Deep
   Emergent? Urgent? Non-urgent? Review Dermatology 101 to improve describing and documenting rashes
4. Implement New School Nursing Resources to Update Protocols and Trainings
   Reach outside the "school nursing bubble" for trainings that apply to our practices
5. Evaluate and Treat Common Injuries, Burns and Heat Related Illnesses With Confidence
   Examine products and protocols when students or staff get injured at school
6. Educate to Prevent Vaping and Drug Use
   Be aware of resources to increase awareness and get help, including Narcan as a standing order
7. Spread a Healthy Attitude by Improving the "En"vironment and the "In"vironment
   Create a calming and comforting office space, and be well as the school nurse to help others be well
8. Use Tabletop Exercises to Determine "What Should the School Nurse do?"
   Avoid liability risks in areas of errors (medication administration, field trips, and
   office coverage)
9. Collaborate and Huddle With Like-Minded Colleagues
   No one understands your practice concerns like another school nurse!
10. Receive a Detailed School Nursing Practice Digital Resource Handbook
    Each participant will leave this seminar with an extensive school nursing digital resource handbook filled with practical strategies, techniques, activities, and resources that can be used immediately

Learning Outcomes

• Practical ideas that will increase your effectiveness as a school nurse
• Examine post COVID-19 symptoms and relationship to POTS
• What every school nurse must know to answer the question: "What is this rash?"
• The essential knowledge to identify and react quickly to infections of concern, including MPOX, AFM, GAS, and RSV
• Assess and act to students presenting with a rash … Contagious? dangerous? no worries?
• Reduce your liability – Examine what has happened in other practices … Avoid social media pitfalls
• Examine essential principles of wound care, common injuries and burns … View supplies you need in your office to competently respond
• Effectively employ current first aid protocols in treating fractures and
  heat-related conditions
• View modeling techniques for splinting and learn serious side-effects in children after an injury at school
• Examine your strategies in areas of field trips and health room
  coverage … Reduce liability risks in these areas of concern
• How to recognize the mysterious symptoms of Lyme disease and other tickborne illnesses
• Practical suggestions to find your passions in school nursing and stay healthy on the job
• Create fun health events for your students and staff that will motivate them to adopt healthier lifestyles
• Keep yourself well so you can heal well with mindful methods and fitness suggestions to keep you on the job

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

As school nurses, we are challenged daily in our school health offices with students and staff who have serious health concerns. As a school nurse with extensive experience in school nursing, I have had many opportunities to address a variety of school health issues. I have created this seminar to help you more effectively address these challenges and gain a new vitality as well as provide practical information for a progressive school nursing practice! School nursing is always in transition. To stay current in our role, standards of care and programs must reflect the latest information and requirements present in our jobs. I have picked topic areas that I believe are relevant, interesting and common challenges for school nurses. My love of teaching health has moved me to create fun and innovative programs that help motivate healthy behavior among students and staff.

Enjoy a day with other school nurses, learn new strategies to handle the challenges of our career and take some time to share practical ways to positively address our common issues. I look forward to sharing my expertise with you and learning of your experiences in our very unique practice of school nursing. Together we will examine the standards for a consistent and safe practice. We can only meet the needs of our students and staff if we are taking the best care of ourselves. Wellness tips to avoid common burnout of health professionals will also be presented.

Sincerely,
Sandra Moritz, RN, BS, M.Ed., NCSN-E

P.S. You will receive an extensive school nursing digital resource handbook containing the above information and more!

Who Should Attend

School Nurses, District Nurses, School Health Services Coordinators and Other Staff Working in the School Health Office Serving Grades K 12

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive and Comprehensive School Nursing Practice Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. It contains strategies, ideas and resources including documents, samples of forms and websites you can use in your school nursing practice. For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to share ideas with other educators interested in enhancing their school nurse practical strategies.

Consultation Available
Sandra Moritz will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Earn Nursing CEUs
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP 15144, for five (5) Contact Hours for RNs and LPNs. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/nursing-ceus.

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
At the end of the program, each attendee will receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify hours of participation in meeting continuing education requirements.

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