NASN Director's News
The NASN Affiliate Director is our liaison with the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). Although any officer or member has access to the personnel at NASN, the director receives regular reports from the president and Executive Director of NASN which are to be shared with FASN's Executive Board and stakeholders. In addition, each Affiliate Director is assigned to work on one or more task forces that look at school nursing trends and issues on a national level. Many of NASN's Position Statements are a result of these task forces. Twice a year, Affiliate Directors from all over the country meet together with NASN's President and Executive Director, as well as their respective Task Force Committees. After these meetings, the Affiliate Directors share the focus and direction of NASN with their states.
Our Affiliate Director is Charlotte Barry and she is serving a four year term, from June 2007 through June 2011.
 Dear Colleagues in School Nursing,
Thank you for electing me to represent you at the national level as the NASN Affiliate Director. I was inducted at the June 2007 national conference. I attend Board meetings twice a year and committee meetings by phone as required. In this position, I serve as the liaison between the national board and you, the NASN Florida members. I will bring news to you from the NASN Board members and will bring your news and concerns to them. My responsibilities are the Co Chair of the Research and Awards Committee; the Co Chair of the Poster Session and the Chair of the School Nurse Educators Special Interest Group.
NASN Director
Charlotte Barry, PhD, RN, NCSN
June 2010 Report
NASN Board Activities have been directed to the annual conference held in Chicago this year.
- My responsibilities have been as Co Chair of the Research and Awards Committee; Co Chair of the Poster Session and Chair of the School Nurse Educators Special Interest Group
Co Chair of Research and Awards Task Force:
- I am happy to report that our Past President Rhonda Goodman Lesniak has been awarded a research grant to extend her study of the Experience of Female Adolescents Who Cut.
- Shirley Gordon, FASN President Elect, is completing her NASN Research Grant awarded in 2009, on Bells Palsey in School Age Children.
The School Nurse Educators Special Interest Group
- A Task Force has been developing new School Nurse Competencies. The document is complete and will be presented at the conference. We are looking for feedback on the competencies and participants at the conference session will work in small groups to evaluate the document. Revisions will be made and the new revised document will be presented to the NASN Board for consideration and evaluation.
- A Preceptor Guide will be developed from the competencies to help practice faculty guide the learning experiences of nursing students and new school nurses.
The NASN Weekly Digest
- The Digest contains very up to date information for practicing school nurses on the latest trends, best practices, grant opportunities and educational offerings available from NASN. Please find it in your email inbox each week.
School Nurse of the Year Award
School Nurse Administrator of the Year Award
- Over the years, many inspiring stories from stellar candidates have been submitted for the National School Nurse of the Year award and National School Nurse Administrator of the Year award. After careful study by a president-appointed task force, the NASN Board of Directors approved in June 2009, that NASN move to a different model in recognizing "Excellence in School Nursing." This model calls for honoring one School Nurse of the Year and one School Nurse Administrator of the Year from EACH affiliate annually at the NASN Annual Conference. The NASN Board of Directors will work with staff to determine how to recognize the affiliate nominees.
- With this change in recognition, comes a change in submission of your nominee. Please visit the NASN Web site for the newly established guidelines and deadline so that you can nominate your "excellent" leaders in school nursing for recognition at the 2011 Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. Submissions will be done via the portal which will open January 1, 2011.
Important notice about the NASN Web site login:
The Web site login scheme has been changed. You will now login as follows:
Username: NASN ID
Password: Lastname
Example:
Username: 12345
Password: Smith
Let me also point out that your lastname is NO longer in all lowercase letters.
It should be typed just as you would type it using an uppercase first letter and an uppercase letter wherever else is appropriate, for instance: DuRant.
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