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CQI Strategy 1:
Online School Nurse Career Information
Purpose
● To increase awareness of value and contributions of school nursing among administration, staff
and families.
● To increase online outreach to prospective candidates, including awareness of school nursing
role, scope of practice, benefits and pathways for becoming a school nurse.
Instructions: 1. Choose a strategy
2. Implement the strategy
3. Complete the CQI User Survey to report your results to the ESHS Evaluation Team
PDSA Strategy Application:
1) Identify problem. For example, “Families, administration and potential staff are unaware of the
role, scope of practice and contributions of nurses in schools.”
2) Analyze problem. For example, “Families, administration, staff, and potential candidates do not
have easy access to information about the role, qualifications and contributions of school
nurses.”
3) Generate potential solutions. For example, “Creating a website with information on school
nursing role, qualifications and contributions may build awareness and respect for the role of the
professional nurse in school settings.”
4) Select plan and solution. For example, “In order to raise awareness among families,
administration, staff, and potential candidates, nursing staff will create a website and/ or
employ other online platforms to increase visibility and awareness.”
5) Implement solution on a test basis. Develop implementation plan, identify desired outcomes,
collect metric and/or survey data.
6) Evaluate test implementation. Fill out user survey. Test own results to measure outcomes as
needed. For example, “Following creation of the school nursing online information pathway,
number of inquiries in response to per diem positions increased by ___%.”
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Online Initiatives to Raise Awareness of the School Nurse Role
● Develop a health office website with description of school nurse role and include links to
sites with additional information.
● Send monthly updates to administrators and families with school health updates, activity
summary and initiatives.
● Add Health Office blurb to newsletters from principal and superintendent to families
● Post during Nurses’ Week on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, PTO website
during the second week of May.
Candidate Outreach Strategies
● Post “Top Ten Reasons to be a Nurse in a School Setting"
● Post description of the school nursing role and other information (see below.)
● Send email blasts to families
● Post on PTO website with job listing and links to BU SHIELD School Nurse Workforce
Development website
● Post description of DESE licensure process
● Use online recruitment via SchoolSpring and Indeed.com (which can be linked to
SchoolSpring)
● Post Nurses’ Week Social Media examples: Facebook, Instagram, Linked-In, PTO page,
Data Collection, Analysis and Evaluation
In addition to filling out the CQI User Evaluation Survey, online data may be captured to
measure movement in awareness, and movement from levels of interest to awareness to inquiry
as a result of the online informational pathway created. You may work with your Information
Technology Department to see if you already have GoogleAnalytics, or some other sort of
metric tracking system. Metric tracking methods could include:
● Number of hits
● Duration of hits
● Number of “likes”
● Number of hits on “learn more” links
● Requests for follow up information
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To illustrate, a web page similar to the example screenshot below could be developed and data
tracked on subsequent “Learn More” clicks to indicate an increase in interest:
Following are helpful handouts you may use for these strategies.
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School Nurse Recruitment Handout or Webpage
Are You Interested in a Career in School Nursing?
A nurse in a school setting is responsible for:
● Illness assessment and care
● Injury prevention, triage and
treatment
● Individualized healthcare
planning and case management
for students with special health
needs
● Medication administration and
monitoring
● Community health promotion
● Communicable disease
prevention and control
● Staff education and training
● Family health education
● Consulting with providers along
with family for medical, social,
behavioral, and emotional issues
● Collaboration with school
personnel and administration to
ensure health and academic
positive outcomes for students
● Monitoring and ensuring
immunization compliance
● Health policy development and
evaluation
● Collaborating with
interdisciplinary crisis teams,
wellness committees, and health
agencies
Contact: _____________________
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Ten Benefits of Being a Nurse in a School Setting
Graphic downloaded 9/21/18 from https://www.nasn.org/nasn/nasn-resources/professional-topics/framework
Impact: Affect the lives of youth AND their environments Relationship-Building: Benefit from countless opportunities to develop positive long term relationships with students, families and staff Sustainability: Follow nursing interventions and outcomes over time Ownership: Manage your “own” caseload and office Community and Collaboration: Work as a health specialist within an interdisciplinary educational community Education: Never stop learning!
Relevance: Impart current life skills and timely public health interventions School Employee Benefits: Obtain school employee benefits while working a predictable schedule Support: Receive guidance from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the Massachusetts School Nurse Organization
Leadership: Grow as a community leader Advocacy: Make a life-long difference in the lives of youth at risk
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School Nurse Licensure Requirements and Renewal Handout
(a) Initial License.
1) Valid license to practice as a Registered Nurse in Massachusetts.
2) A bachelor's or master's degree in nursing.
3) A minimum of two full years of employment as a Registered Nurse in a child health, community health, or other relevant clinical nursing setting.
4) Completion of an orientation program (Level 1) based on the requirements for delivery of school health services as defined by the Department of Public Health.
5) Passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test (MTEL).
Level 1 includes completing these four (4) programs (can be taken in any order)
a. Professional School Nursing Practice in Massachusetts (2 day program)
b. Medication Administration and Delegation in MA Schools (online program)
c. Mandated Screening Training (includes BMI, Postural Screening, Vision and Hearing screening) (1 day program)
d. SBIRT in Schools (1 day program)
Information about these courses can be found at www.SHIELD-BU.org
(b) Professional License.
1) Possession of an Initial license.
2) Three years of employment as a school nurse.
3) Completion of one of the following:
a. Achievement and maintenance of certification or licensure by a nationally
recognized professional nursing association as a school nurse, community health
nurse, or a pediatric/family/school nurse practitioner.
b. A master's degree program that may include credits earned in a master's degree
program for the Initial license in community health, health education, nursing, or
public health.
School Nurse DESE Educator License and National Certification Renewals
School Nurses must renew their educator license and their national certification every 5
years, regardless if they have their Master's degree. In order for School Nurses to
obtain a professional educator license, they must either have their Master's degree or
National Certification. School Nurses can obtain the initial educator license and waive
these requirements once, so that they have 10 years to either get the Master's or the
National Certification. (Click on both links above to review details).
DESE Licensure Requirements Tool:
https://gateway.edu.state.ma.us/elar/licensurehelp/LicenseRequirementsCriteriaPageControl.ser
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Willgerodt, M.A., Brock, D. M., & Maughan, E.M. (2018). Public School Nursing Practice in the United States. The Journal of School Nursing, 34(3), 232-244. Downloaded 9/20/2018 from: https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASN/3870c72d-fff9-4ed7-833f-215de278d256/UploadedImages/PDFs/Advocacy/2017_Workforce_Study_Infographic_School_Nursing_Practice.pdf
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Links to Additional Resources and Infographics
2017 Workforce Study Infographic: School Nurses in the Nation
https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASN/3870c72d-fff9-4ed7-833f-
215de278d256/UploadedImages/PDFs/Advocacy/2017_Workforce_Study_Infographic_School_
Nurses_in_the_Nation.pdf
WSCC Infographic
https://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/wsc
Nurses in the School Setting
http://www.msno.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Nurses-in-the-Educational-Setting.pdf
Social Media Postings for School Nurses Week Postings (2nd week in May)
https://schoolnursenet.nasn.org/blogs/margaret-cellucci/2018/03/07/school-nurse-day-2018-
social-media-promotions
NASN Position Statement: The Role of the 21st Century Nurse
https://www.nasn.org/nasn/advocacy/professional-practice-documents/position-statements/ps-
role
NASN: Being a School Nurse:
https://www.schoolnursing101.com/resources/school-nursing/school-nursing-videos/