- Core Beliefs
- Mission
- Goals and Objectives
- Membership Eligibility Requirements
- Meetings
- Board of Directors updated 24 February 2005
- NASSNC Bylaws
- Links
- Members updated 24 April 2005
- Outstanding National State School Nurse Consultant Achievement Awards
- Position Statements:
The National Association of
State School Nurse Consultants, Inc.
NASSNC, PO Box 708, Kent, Ohio 44240-0708
Contents:
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2004: Vicki Taliaferro, Maryland
2003: Anne H. Sheetz, Massachusetts
2002: Marilyn Asay, North Carolina
2001: Phyllis Lewis, Indiana
2000: Charlotte Burt, Iowa
1999: Judith Maire, Washington
NASSNC requires that the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants be acknowledged as author of any NASSNC position papers that are reproduced and/or distributed.
Core Beliefs
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We believe that NASSNC improves the health and learning of our nation's children by:
- Providing national leadership and advocacy to promote the health and learning of children;
- Envisioning and proactively influencing the future of school health and school nursing practice;
- Advocating for quality school nursing services;
- Providing a support network and sharing information among individual state school nurse consultants; and
- Impacting public policy related to children's health and education issues through collaborative endeavors with other associations and agencies.
Mission
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The mission of the National Association of State School Nurse Consultants
is to promote the health and learning of the nation's children and youth by providing national leadership and advocacy, impacting public policy, collaborating, and proactively influencing school health programs and school nursing practice.
Goals and Objectives
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Goal 1: To impact and influence the development of public policy for school health.
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1.1 Identify emerging issues impacting school health.
1.2 Periodically review and distribute position papers.
1.3 Participate in state level education and health reform.
1.4 Maximize funding resources.
1.5 Participate in Healthy People 2010.
1.6 Provide leadership in the use of technology.
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2.1 Influence professional development.
2.2 Develop standards, competencies, and performance outcome indicators for school nurse practice.
2.3 Review annually organizational membership and liaisons according to mission and goals.
2.4 Support the National Nursing Coalition on School Health (NNCSH).
2.5 Support organizations that share our mission.
2.6 Support NASSNC representation at appropriate meetings and conferences.
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3.1 Support initiatives of the National Center for School Health
Nursing and other individual organizations.
3.2 Support the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), the American School Health Association (ASHA) and the National Nursing Coalition for School Health (NNCSH) research initiatives.
3.3 Participate in establishing a system to collect relevant national health data.
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4.1 Conduct two meetings a year.
4.2 Enhance communication.
4.3 Share calendar information regarding conference opportunities.
4.4 Share information regarding state resource development.
Membership
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Eligibility Requirements:
- Professional Registered Nurse.
- Actively employed by state department of education and/or state department of health, or other title as these agencies are known. Similar positions from other countries or U.S. Territories may also become active members.
- Assumes the nursing responsibility for statewide consultation for school health services.
- Provides consultation, leadership, and direction to the school
nurses in their respective state.
- Associate: Members of the Association who have formerly held the position as state level school nurse consultant. Not eligible to vote or be elected to office.
- Retired: Members of the Association who retired from the position as state level school nurse consultant. Not eligible to vote or be elected to office.
- Honorary: Bestowed on nurses upon the approval of the Association. Not eligible to vote or be elected to office.
Meetings
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A summer and a fall meeting are convened for conducting business, sharing
of best practices, and networking.
Board of Directors, December 2004
- President: Linda Caldart-Olson, MS, RN
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction - President Elect: Cheryl Carotenuti, MSN, RN
Connecticut State Department of Education - Past President: Vicki L. Taliaferro, BSN, NCSN, RN
Maryland State Department of Education - Treasurer: Cathy Young-Jones, MSN, RN
South Carolina Dept. of Health and Environmental Control; South Carolina Dept. of Education - Secretary: Marjorie Cole, MSN, RN
Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services - Director at Large: Linda Davis-Alldritt, RN, MA, PHN, FNASN
California Department of Education
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