Featured Content & Announcements

NASN Announces Voices of Meningitis
A new NASN national educational campaign called Voices of Meningitis launched at the NASN 41st Annual Conference. Click here to learn about Voices of Meningitis, a program of the NASN in collaboration with sanofi pasteur.

NASN Invites You to Submit an Abstract to Present
NASN seeks expertise and evidence-based resources and tools for our 2010 Annual Conference in Chicago, Illinois.
Click here to submit your abstract or learn how today.

Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Bill Reintroduced
NASN is happy to say that the Student-to-School Nurse Ratio Improvement Act of 2009 has been introduced by Rep. Carolyn McCarthy and 12 co-sponsors. The bill number is H.R.2730.
For more information on the bill, visit the Library of Congress and go to "Search Bill Number and Status." Type H.R.2730 (no spaces), check Bill Number for the search option and click search.
Click here to visit the Library of Congress.
Click here to view a fact sheet from NASN.

Childhood Obesity Resources
This page provides a list of resources from NASN and other reliable sources. Click here to access.

Free CNE For School Nurses: Recognizing Central Precocious Puberty in Children
This educational activity will provide clinicians with information on diagnostic factors and potential predictors of central precocious puberty in young girls and boys. The activity will highlight current issues so that school nurses may better screen central precocious puberty, and when to refer children to pediatricians or endocrinologists. Click here to access.

Smart Moves, Smart Choices
Dr. Drew Pinsky recently teamed up with NASN and PriCara®, Division of Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc., on the “Smart Moves, Smart Choices” program, conducting TV and radio interviews across the country to educate parents and teens about the dangers of abusing prescription medications.
Click here to view an interview visit.
Click here to access the “Smart Moves, Smart Choices” program and toolkit.

NASN Radio interviews discuss H1N1
Recommendations are changing daily. Be sure to check the CDC Web site for updates: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
Click here for Talking To Kids About H1N1 (Swine) Flu for parents.
Click here for a Roundtable Discussion on H1N1 (Swine) Flu for school nurses.

Talking to Children About Swine Flu (H1N1): A Parent Resource
Recommendations are changing daily. Be sure to check the CDC Web site for updates: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
NASN has partnered with the National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) and the National Parent Teacher Association (NPTA) to develop and disseminate a handout for parents titled, "Talking to Children About Swine Flu (H1N1): A Parent Resource."
Click here to download the English version.
Click here to download the Spanish version.
Click here for the audio version.
Click here to read the press release about this document.

Stay Up to Date on the H1N1 (Swine Flu)
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/
• Advice to schools: http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/K12_dismissal.htm
• Report school closures to: flu@ed.gov
• Put Your Hands Together - handwashing video: http://www.cdc.gov/CDCTV/HandsTogether/index.html
• All You have to do is Wash Your Hands - handwashing podcast: http://www2a.cdc.gov/podcasts/player.asp?f=11072
• H1N1 Flu (Swine Flu) Media Talking Points from NASN: Click here to access.
• Pandemic Flu Information from NASN: Click here to access.

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