NASN Quick Poll Results

If vaccines are delivered at your school, is there an assigned primary vaccine coordinator responsible for ensuring that vaccines are stored and handled correctly?

Do you have stock epinephrine and/or a non-patient specific order for administration of epinephrine at your school?

Do you know student(s) in your school who could be considered a Drug Endangered Child (DEC)?

After completing the Quick Poll, do you browse the NASN.org home page for news and announcements?

Did you send letters home this year for children with BMI’s

In a chemical emergency such as ingestion or exposure do you have immediate access to a current Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) for the chemical product?

Does your school or school district use walkie talkies for staff communication with the school nurse?

What would assist you in making your case for school nursing?; Check all that apply.

Do you think your job is at risk for the coming school year?

Have you had any experiences this current school year (2011-2012) with over-the-counter-cough syrup medicine abuse? Please check all that apply:

Do you have access to resources for military connected students and families?

Do you use the NASN position statements in your practice?

What device do you use to read eBooks?

Does your school allow the students to play dodgeball?

Have Do you prefer your continuing nursing education (CNE):

Have you read the IOM report on the Future of Nursing (FON)?

Does your name appear as the school nurse on your school web site?

I have cared for a child with Chiari (kee-AR-ee) Malformation type one:

This is National Children's Dental Month. I will be doing Oral Health: (Check all that apply)

Have you had contact with a student who mentioned suicide thoughts or behaviors?

Do you know who your congressperson/state senator is from your district?

Have you had contact with a student who mentioned suicide thoughts or behaviors?

Do you participate in any of the NASN discussion lists or forums?

Do you work within 40 miles of where you attended high school?

Do you know where to access the nurse practice act in your state?

Currently, are you "friends" with students on Facebook?

How many days have you visited the teacher's lounge or cafeteria in the last week?

Does your school nurse JOB DESCRIPTION include services for school staff?

This school year, are you involved or engaged in promoting healthy eating in the school cafeteria?

After reporting an individual or family to Children's Protective Services, were they told you were the reporter?

In the school district I serve, withholding recess as a disciplinary method is:

Students at the school I serve, have access to sugar sweetened beverages.

Do you have safety guidelines in your district to protect pregnant youth from science lab chemicals?

Does your school allow students to chew sugar-free gum?

I work in a school and I attended Back to School Night this fall:

Do you know your cholesterol?

In your district, are the nurses notified about students who are absent?

This year my district has reduced registered nurses in health offices and replaced them with:

In your school nurse role, have you seen an increase in tick borne diseases (Lyme's, West Nile)

Do any school nurses who work for your district (not for SBHC) conduct EPSDT screenings?

The school I serve has a "walking school bus program"

In my school nurse career, I notified child protective services about suspected child abuse or neglect.

In the schools you serve, are students allowed to wear flip flops to school?

Are you using any of the following health literacy guidelines in your school nursing practice? (check all that apply)

Does the school district you serve have a health literacy policy?

I smoke cigarettes

I exercise vigorously 30 minutes at least 3 days per week

Daily, I eat vegetables or fruit

I know my BMI (Click here to calculate your BMI)

Does your school nurse position provide health insurance for you?

I am a school nurse, and I have or will be conducting a teacher / staff satisfaction survey this year?

What programs are conducted during the last months of school to facilitate fully immunized students in the fall? (Check all that apply)

I am a school nurse and I am paid on the teacher's salary scale.

Are you planning to increase school nurse visibility for School Nurses’ Day (May 11, 2011)?

What programs are conducted during the last months of school to facilitate fully immunized students in the fall? (Check all that apply)

I am a school nurse and I am paid on the teacher's salary scale.

In this past school year,

Do you use telehealth (e.g. webcams or other visual technologies) to observe and assist UAPs or LPNs you supervise?

I would be willing to attend an NASN-sponsored legislative advocacy workshop and Capitol Hill Day (2-day event) in Washington, DC?

Among the students I screen, what percent of families do not follow through on referrals from hearing or vision screening?

Do you think your job is at risk for the coming school year?

How many days (paid or unpaid) have you taken off this year for illness?

Does your school district have a medical director / school physician?

In this school year, I contacted a state or federal legislator about a health or education issue.

1. Are you familiar with the six GIP recommendations for asthma control? 2. Have you championed a change in school nutrition or physical activity in the current school year?

Did you attend your NASN state affiliate’s conference in the last 12 months?

Nursing journal subscriptions range $63 – 126 annually, or $34 – 63 to purchase single articles. The most I would pay for online access to a full-text health science library is:

How did you find your current school nurse job?

Does your school participate in a farm to school program?

Does your school or district have a policy that students may not be unattended in the school health office?

Currently are you covered by your own personal professional liability insurance?

When I attend a multi-day professional educational conference,

In the school(s) you serve, is free water available to consume with lunch?

If you were not a school nurse and could not get another school nurse position, would you:

I am a school nurse and I voted in the November 2010 election.

Have you visited Washington DC in the past for business or pleasure?

Does your non nurse supervisor (principal, building manager, or another) have full access to electronic student health records?

The CDC recommends a minimum of 150 minutes of moderate activity (i.e., brisk walking) or 75 minutes of vigorous activity (i.e., jogging or running) each week. Most weeks:

Are you or another nurse part of your school’s attendance / truancy team?

Is the family's health literacy in your school practice a significant impairment to the health and well-being of the students?

Has a school you serve had a bedbug outbreak in the last 12 months?

A "community school" has partnerships between school and other community resources, resulting in an integrated focus on academics, health, social services, and community engagement. Do any of the schools you serve identify themselves as a "community school?"

Last year, I spent funds out of my pocket for school health office supplies, clothing and food for students amounting to:

In the district you work in, parents have access to their student's electronic health record on-line?

There is a school based clinic in the school I serve:

In the school(s) I serve, there is a also a school social worker.

Does your school have a policy that school employees may not talk on the cell phone while driving on school business?

Do you care for pregnant or parenting students and / or teen parents of students in your school nurse role?

This coming school year in my district:

This fall, the school or school district I work for will have:

I will be investing in continuing education this summer (check all that apply).

Last week's NASN Quick Poll asked if you accessed data bases to support your school nurse role in the last 12 months. Were you able to access to the full text journal articles that you located in the data base? (check all that apply).

In my school nurse role, I have searched the following databases of health or education literature in the last 12 months (check all that apply).

How many paid summer days without students in attendance do you work to tie up loose ends at the end of the year and/ or prepare before school starts?

State laws require schools to report the identity of people with certain diseases to public health dpts. Family Education Rights Privacy Act (FERPA) requires that, unless an emergency, written authorization is required to release student health information outside of school. Have you needed to share a student's health information with public health departments and could not or were delayed because there was no FERPA written authorization to disclose information?

Who pays for your professional conference expenses?

At the school(s) where you serve as a school nurse, are you a member of the School's Parent Teacher association?

I will prepare for / spend School Nurse Day, May 12, 2010, by:

I will be working this summer:

Do you live within the geographic boundaries of the school district you serve?

I have been bullied by co-workers in my school nurse role. (check all that apply)

In your school, who has primary responsibility for food allergy anaphylaxis education and training?

In the past 3 years, as a school nurse, I have been instrumental in (check all that apply)

Are you expected to use your personal cell phone in your school nurse role?

I provide student tobacco education or interventions as part of my school nurse role.

Have you started any initiatives or actions designed toward 100% student immunization compliance for next fall?

I am a school nurse. The extracurricular assignments I accept in my school are: (check all that apply):

What concerns/questions do you have about AEDs (check all that apply)

I have a job description.

Other than school or district in-services, have you attended a conference in the last 12 months to fulfill professional obligation to stay current? (check all that apply)

Over the last 12 months, in my school nurse role, I precepted:

In addition to general district / school orientation, I received a school health services orientation (check all that apply):

I am a school nurse and:

Do you believe that school meals are vital to the academic success of some students in your school district?

Have you received the H1N1 influenza vaccine? If Yes, where did you receive the vaccine?

Home visits to some students and familes are part of my school nurse role.

I have used at least one of NASN's prescription drug resources in my school district: 1. Free online CE for members: The Current State of Teenage Drug Abuse: Trend Toward Prescription Drug Abuse. 2. Prescription Drug Abuse Toolkit. 3. "Smart Moves, Smart Choices" Education Program Videos or Curricula.

1. I use the following thermometers in the school health office to measure temperatures in individuals? 2. I use the following thermometers to measure temperatures in groups. 3. I use the following types of thermometers:

When NASN hosts Webinars, what time would be best for you?

I had more than 1 year full time experience in an acute pediatric setting prior to school nursing.

My favorite section of the NASN Weekly Digest is:

I carry business cards for my professional school nursing role.

I am a school nurse. Almost every day I receive a 30 minute lunch break.

I am a school nurse. My email or phone number is listed in the school's website staff directory for each school I serve.

My school / school district has a health services web page accessible by teachers / parents / students.

Have students come to you with health/mental health concerns related to a "sexting" incident?

I am a school nurse, and my immediate supervisor is a:

Did you get a seasonal flu vaccine within the last 12 months?

Is a school nurse on your school district's wellness committee / health council?

Do you list your highest degree on your name tag?

Did you have a performance / merit review in the last 12 months?

Has a parent ever told you that they could not pick up a sick child for fear of losing their job?

As a school nurse, are you proving services to “cyber students”, students who only attend K – 12 classes online?

In the last 12 months, were the parents in the school or district you serve surveyed about their satisfaction with school health services?

This fall, will students and / or staff in your district have access to school-located immunizations?

Of the student population you are responsible for, what percent have BMIs over the 85th percentile?

If you were to sign up for coursework toward a college degree (bachelors masters doctorate), does your school district reimburse you for any of the tuition expenses?

NASN members can access the archives of JOSN and NASN School Nurse. Do you ever want to access the entire article / full text of articles in other journals?

Does your school district policy allow honoring a student's DNR order?

Do you have a fitted N95 mask/respirator to wear in the school health office when caring for children with possible H1N1 influenza?

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NASN Quick Poll Results