[MaineSchoolNurse] Follow Up to Office Hours

Fri Apr 5 11:33:41 EDT 2024

Good afternoon everyone! Here are the follow up notes from office hours this past Wednesday.

We have wrapped up this year's Pediatric Education for Pre-Hospital Professionals courses. We had 37 participants join at 3 separate locations. Although no further courses are planned at this time, we will look in to the possibility.

Save the Dates for School Nurse Summer Institute July 30-31, 2024, at Thomas College in Waterville—Our planning committee is working hard to make this a packed two-day learning adventure. The committee is applying for accreditation for this event with the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC). If awarded, attendees will be able to earn up to 8 NCPDs. We are planning to open registration at an Early Bird rate on May 1. It will be $125 for early registration. Regular registration begins June 1, with a cost of $150. Rooms are available on campus in the dorms—you will make arrangements with Thomas College directly (more information to come): With bedding= $80.60 for one night. 2 nights=$120.60. 3 nights=$160.60. OR there are several hotels in Waterville if that isn’t for you.

Contact Hours vs. NCPD (Nursing Continuing Professional Development). With more school nurses in Maine being nationally certified—we are up to 94, by the way, we wanted to share some information.

To maintain your DOE certification as a school nurse (teacher and all others as well), you are required to complete 90 hours of continuing education. This can be a combination of college courses, webinars, and in person learning. Your local certification committee has a process that you have to follow. Contact Hours certificates generally DO qualify for this process. Nursing Continuing Professional Development (NCPD) (previously called CNE) credits also count for this. Your national certification is a separate process and contact hours do NOT qualify. You must have NCPDs and follow the process outlined on the NBCSN website. Lynne Signore, who is the MASN representative for national certification talked about the NBCSN process and shared the attached slides. Please contact her directly if you'd like to talk about any of the information she shared.

In the school year 23-24 so far, these folks have obtained their national certification. Congratulations to the following new Nationally Certified School Nurses!

Bowman, Keziah

Brown, Kelly

Camire, Laurie

Choate, Stephanie

Clement, Kathryn

Erskine, Maureen

Fuller, Sandy

Furrow, Monica

Gilley Pratt, Tonia

Groshon, Dorice

Hamel, Jennifer

Humphrey, Cerise

Jordan, Donna

Mandigo, Natasha

McIntyre, Megan

Murphy, Amy

Norris, Laura

O'Leary, JoAnne

Orff, Kimberly

Ross, Jeannie

Scribner, Kristie

Scripture, Angela

Warmuth, Carol

White, Gail

White, Heather

Here are a couple of upcoming learning opportunities of interest:

American Academy of Pediatrics Hallways to (Mental) Health ECHO: Integrating Mental and Behavioral Health Care in School Settings<https://app.smartsheet.com/b/form/76a0b5e8bc744d85ac4c3947fcbe570c> April -June

National Center on Safe and Supportive Learning Environments: Lessons from the Field - School Safety Starts with Prevention<https://safesupportivelearning.ed.gov/events/webinar/lessons-field-school-safety-starts-prevention> April 10, 2024 - 3:00 PM

Do you know or work with Maine youth in Kindergarten through 8th grade? Maine CDC is running the 2024 Lyme Disease Awareness Month poster contest NOW! The theme is “Little Tick, Big Deal.”

Kids in Maine ages 5-14 years old have one of the highest rates of tickborne diseases in Maine, including Lyme disease. Maine CDC wants to encourage all youth in Maine to take tick prevention seriously and show off their knowledge in this poster contest! Posters should illustrate at least one of the four approaches to personal prevention:

  *   Use caution in tick-infested areas
  *   Use an EPA-approved repellent
  *   Wear protective clothing
  *   Perform daily tick checks both by sight and by touch

 Please consider sharing the attached social media images on your or your organization’s social media accounts to help spread the word about tickborne disease prevention and this poster contest. You can find more information about the contest at www.maine.gov/lyme/month<http://www.maine.gov/lyme/month>.

Suggested social media post text: “Do you know a Maine student in K-8th grade?  Kids in K-8th grades can make and submit a poster for our 2024 Little Tick, Big Deal Poster Contest. Winners will get a prize and may have their artwork featured as the 2024 Lyme Disease Awareness Poster! Submit posters by April 30th. To learn more visit http://www.maine.gov/lyme/month.”

Have a great weekend.

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Emily Poland, MPH, RN, NCSN (she/her)
School Nurse Consultant
Coordinator – Coordinated School Health
Office of School and Student Supports
Maine Department of Education
23 State House Station
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023
Email: emily.poland at maine.gov<mailto:emily.poland at maine.gov>
Phone: 207-592-0387
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