March 7, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Hope this finds you warm as we prepare for another nor’easter this week! I hope that you and the families you work with are managing despite the storms, power losses, and other disruptions due to the severe recent storms! Regional meetings will be held over the next few weeks and I look forward […]
March 5, 2018
To All School Nurse Managers of Public or Non-Public School Medication Administration Programs: If your school or district’s REGISTRATION FOR THE HANDLING, STORAGE AND DELEGATION OF MEDICATION ADMINISTRATION IN PUBLIC AND NON-PUBLIC DAY SCHOOL PROGRAMS and/or TRAINING FOR UNLICENSED SCHOOL PERSONNEL TO ADMINISTER EPINEPHRINE expires in June 2018, please note the following: Please mail or fax (617-624-6062) […]
February 27, 2018
From Elms College: I am happy to announce that our MSN School Nurse track launched and welcomed new students in the Fall of 2017. Currently I am registering students for our Spring semester that starts on Tuesday, March 20, 2018 and runs through Monday, June 3, 2018. All MSN courses continue to be delivered as asynchronous […]
February 26, 2018
Dear Colleagues, For those that were off last week, welcome back….and remember, only six weeks until Spring vacation! And some of you will be taking your Spring break over the next few weeks! So please take time to enjoy! There is lots of information in this edition of our School Health Updates…as there always is […]
February 16, 2018
A Message from the Acting Commissioner: Our thoughts this week are very much with our colleagues and their students and families in Parkland, Fla. Until we as a society are prepared to confront and solve this problem, we must unfortunately spend time and effort preparing for the next possible occurrence. Please make sure your schools’ multi-hazard […]
Upcoming Professional Development Opportunities from WISHES and Program Partners
The WISHES Program is pleased to offer a *free* 2-day Training of Trainers on the Rights, Respect, Responsibility curriculum from Advocates for Youth • June 7-8th 2018 Master trainers Nora Gelperin and Elizabeth Schroeder from Advocates for Youth are coming to MA to introduce the first-ever free, online K-12 sexuality education curriculum fully mapped to the National Sexuality Education […]
Ordering and Referring Requirement
Are you familiar with ordering and referring requirements? Under state law (which was required under the ACA), providers authorized to order, refer, or prescribe must register with MassHealth at least as a nonbilling provider. There’s been a series of bulletins, the most recent of which was posted online today here. The School-Based Medicaid Program is NOT […]
Toolkit: Start Substance Use Prevention Education in Elementary Schools
This toolkit is designed to assist school nurses, school nurse leaders, health teachers, science teachers and physical education teachers in starting substance use prevention education in early elementary school. Who uses the toolkit will depend largely on the funding and professional job descriptions of your district. The toolkit is meant to be an all-inclusive guide […]
February 13, 2018
Dear Colleagues, Next week is February Vacation Week for many of you….I hope that you find some time to relax and enjoy a few days off and that the flu finally begins to take a break as well! There is still lots going on to catch you up on before you go…. Please see the […]
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