NMSNA Announcements

Testing Your Legal IQ & Winning Strategies for a School Nurse Deposition

Presented by: Elizabeth Rudolph, JD, MSN, RN, PLNC

The New Mexico School Nurses Association invites you to an engaging and practical CEU presentation led by nationally recognized speaker Elizabeth Rudolph. Strengthen your legal knowledge and gain confidence in navigating the legal landscape of school nursing.

This video learning session will help you:

• Test your legal IQ with real-world scenarios
• Learn practical, winning strategies for school nurse depositions
• Build your confidence in handling legal challenges in the school setting
• If completed before 12/31/2025 you can earn 2.75 approved CEU credits

👉 Interested? Complete the request form at https://forms.office.com/r/y1Dn5LjJb8

request form: https://forms.office.com/r/y1Dn5LjJb8

Calling all New Mexico school nurses! Join us in Pueblo, CO on October 3rd for a full-day, hands-on training hosted by Children’s Hospital Colorado.

✅ 9 essential school health topics
✅ 6.75 CE credits
✅ Free lunch & snacks
✅ Training supplies giveaway

Let’s learn, connect, and empower rural school health together!
🔗 Register here: School Nurse Clinical Education and Training - Pueblo
📺 Watch a past training: Ft Morgan News Clip
📚 Explore free resources: School Nurse Resources

#SchoolNurseTraining #RuralHealth #NMSNA #ChildrensColorado #ContinuingEducation

The Martinez/Yazzie Action Plan survey is open — but only until August 27! This is a critical opportunity to advocate for funding and staffing for school nurses across the state. Your voice matters in shaping the future of student health services.

✅ Take the survey now: https://survey.alchemer.com/s3/8382439/Martinez-Yazzie-Action-Plan-Community-Survey

Let’s make sure every school has the nursing support it needs. Please share widely and encourage others to participate!

#SchoolNurses #NMSNA #MartinezYazzie #Advocacy #StudentHealth #NMEd

Details in attached flyer

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Together, For Our Future

February 18-20, 2025

Santa Ana Star Casino and Hotel

Southwest School Nurses Conference: Building Bridges, Collaborative Insights for the School Nurse

From our Legislative Chair, Josh Landry MSN, RN, NCSN:

NMSNA has performed several surveys from August- November of 2024 assessing the number and location of National Certified School Nurses (NCSN) through the state, compensation and recognition for this certification from their districts, and the current pay system for nurses within their districts.  We have collected this data to pursue legislation this year to have professional school nurses placed on an equitable, standardized level of compensation from the state for our vital professional role in student wellness. Ensuring that students are healthy, safe and ready to learn each day. We are pursuing an amendment to bills SB0001 2022 and HB0181 2023 to include wording that will place professional school nurses on the 3-tiered teacher payscale and national certification stipend that educators presently receive. This is to ensure that New Mexico remains competitive in retaining and attracting school nurses that are vitally important to our school communities. Please take some time to view the data on the infographic found under the ABOUT NMSNA tab of our home page or at the link below. If you would like to have your district data included please email NMSNA.Legislation@gmail.com .

We've added links to resources for vape-free youth as well as other cdc media and digital resources. Check them out under the resources tab at the top of our home page!