NASN Quick Poll Results

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