NASN Supports Meningococcal Immunization Recommendation
NASN supports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) decision to amend the meningococcal immunization recommendations to include a booster dose.
Read the NASN statement
Read this Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report article
For more information on meningitis immunization, click here .
School Located Vaccination (SLV) - Protecting America's Health
NASN, NACCHO (National Association of County and City Health Officials), and ASTHO (Association of State and Territorial Health Officials) co-hosted a meeting November 16-17, 2010 in Washington D.C. focused on promoting school-located vaccination as a societal norm to increase vaccine uptake. A White Paper titled School-located Vaccination Clinics: NASN, NACCHO, ASTHO Summit (November 2011) highlights the meeting discussion and key recommendations. Click here for the report. For more information contact Nichole Bobo (nbobo@nasn.org).
Toolkits and Educational Campaigns
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See also NASN'sSeasonal Influenza page.
Online Continuing Education
All educational programs listed below are available on the NASN Online Continuing Education Learning Center.
Go to the Online CE page on this site for learning center information and guidelines
How School Nurses Can Help Prevent Meningococcal Disease Through Education and Immunization
2.0 CNE Contact Hours
Adolescent Vaccines: What School Nurses Need to Know
Module 1: Adolescent Vaccines - A Primer for the School Nurse
1.0 CNE Contact Hour
This program is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from sanofi pasteur.
Adolescent Vaccines: What School Nurses Need to Know
Module 2: General Aspects of Adolescent Immunization, Useful Information for the School Nurse
1.0 CNE Contact Hour
This program is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from sanofi pasteur.
Adolescent Vaccines: What School Nurses Need to Know
Module 3: Strategies for the School Nurse to Promote Adolescent Vaccines
1.0 CNE Contact Hour
This program is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from sanofi pasteur.
S chool-Located Vaccination Clinics – Lessons Learned from Fall 2009
1.3 CNE Contact Hours
This program is supported by an educational grant from MedImmune.
Resources
From NASN
National Association of School Nurses (2010). Position statement. Immunizations. Silver Spring, MD: Author.
Jenlink, C.H., Kuehnert, P., & Mazyck, D. (2010). Key components of a school-located vaccination clinic: Lessons learned from fall 2009. The Journal of School Nursing, 26(4 supp), 14S-26S.
Kinne, M. & Bobo, N. (2010). Clarifying knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of school nurses – The first step to improve immunization coverage. NASN School Nurse, 25(6), 273-275.
Kuehnert, P. (2010). Now more than ever: Building and sustaining capacity for school-located vaccination initiatives. The Journal of School Nursing, 26(4 supp), 27S-29S.
Li, C., Freedman, M., & Boyer-Chu, L. (2009). Championing school-located immunization: The school nurse’s role. The Journal of School Nursing, 25(1 supp), 18S-28S.
Morton, J.L., & Schultz, A.A. (2004). Healthy hands: Use of alcohol gel as an adjunct to handwashing in elementary school children.The Journal of School Nursing, 20(3), 161–167.
Wiggs-Stayner, K.S., Purdy, T.R., Go, G.N., McLaughlin, N.C., Tryzynka, P.S., Sines, J.R., & Hlaing, T. (2006). The impact of mass school immunization on school attendance. The Journal of School Nursing, 22(4), 219-222.
Immunization Works
A CDC newsletter - view or request email updates.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
From the CDC - learn more.
Adolescent Immunizations
Get the latest disease information and vaccine recommendations for adolescents
Adolescence is the right time to check on immunization status. Among the most important vaccines are those recommended for the first time at age 11-12—Tdap, which protects against whooping cough; meningococcal, which protects against meningitis; and HPV, which protects against a cancer-causing virus. It is also a great time to catch-up on other important vaccines like MMR, hepatitis B, and chickenpox. The National Association of School Nurses is proud to partner with the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases (NFID) and other leading organizations to improve immunization rates among adolescents. http://www.adolescentvaccination.org.
CDC Resources to Promote Immunizations for Preteens and Teens
Go to CDC online at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/teens
Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Web links
Information from Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hpv.html
Questions and Answers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services:
http://www.cdc.gov/hpv
Information from Medline Plus, a service of the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hpv.html
S.T.O.P. Meningitis (Share.Teach.Outreach.Protect.)
Resource materials to implement meningococcal immunization recommends for adolescents from the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
http://stopmeningitis.nfidinitiatives.org