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NASN is launching Voter Voice — a simple way for school nurses to use their voices and advocate for students. The first topic of interest is Medicaid! Help protect Medicaid funding and ensure all children are safe, healthy, and ready to learn. Take two minutes to send a message to your representatives today! We make it easy to find your representatives; use our template or customize the text to fit your voice. Learn more and take action.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly permeating various sectors, revolutionizing health care and education. NASN's new position brief offers a comprehensive overview of AI applications in school nursing. It explores its potential benefits and addresses the challenges of integrating into school health services.

Related Resources: Listen to The Journal of School Nursing podcast, Does School Nursing Benefit From AI? that discusses this article.

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This section highlights news stories featuring NASN and school nurses. If you have a story about school nurses you'd like us to consider including, please send it to us.

• North Syracuse School District Nurses Honored for Saving a Faculty Member’s Life (Source: localsyr.com)
• ‘That Would Be a Disaster’: Lee School Nurses Protest District Restructuring (Source: naplesnews.com)
• Phoenix-Talent School District nurse selected as 2025 Oregon School Nurse of the Year (Source: rv-times.com)
• Canutillo School District Reverses Plan to Cut Nursing Positions (Source: kfoxtv.com)
• Westfield Washington Schools Staff Receive Trauma Training (Source: youarecurrent.com)

May is Asthma and Allergy Awareness Month. Join us in raising awareness and taking action to support people living with asthma, allergies, and related conditions.

NASN's topical online resource pages cover asthma, allergies and anaphylaxis. Discover important information, links, and tools that provide clear and actionable guidance on these conditions such as the NCPD program School-based Environmental Management of Asthma: Strategies and Health Equity Implications which helps you to manage and improve health outcomes for children with asthma effectively, the School Nursing Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guideline: Students with Allergies and Risk for Anaphylaxis, and more.

Air Quality Awareness Week 2025 takes place from May 5 to 9, offering individuals the opportunity to learn how they can take action to prepare for and respond to events and environments with poor air quality. The observance aligns with World Asthma Day on Tuesday, May 6—a time to raise awareness, share resources, and advocate for better care for those living with asthma. 

Specialized instructional support personnel (SISPs), including school nurses, provide and support school-based prevention and intervention services to address barriers to educational success, ensure positive learning conditions, and help all students achieve academic success. Review the resources and advocate.

Join the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) for an in-depth webinar series designed to help you tackle real-world challenges in adolescent reproductive health care. The list below includes links to webinars that will run through August, in case this is a topic of interest to you. 

1. Navigating Confidentiality: Engaging Parents While Empowering Adolescents | May 2, 2025, 2 PM ET
2. Comprehensive Contraceptive Care for Adolescents: Overcoming Barriers & Enhancing Communication | May 14, 2025, 3 PM ET
3. Adolescents with Complex Medical Needs: Centering Reproductive and Sexual Health | June 24, 2025, 3 PM ET
4. Digital Pathways: Utilizing Technology to Transform Adolescent Reproductive Health Education | July 14, 2025, 12 PM ET 
5. Patient-Centered Humility: Centering Adolescents' Voices in Reproductive Health | August 13, 2025, 1 PM ET

Related Resources: NASN's Sexual Health Toolkit.

Join Attendance Works for the second of four webinars, part of the 2025 Attendance Awareness Campaign, on May 14 at 3 PM ET to learn how school climate impacts attendance, explore ways to identify health-related barriers early, and hear how schools and partners are raising awareness while improving engagement and attendance. Learn more and register.

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NASN Calendar of Events

This calendar includes upcoming events hosted by NASN and NASN affiliate school nurse organizations. Access the calendar.

National Health Observances Calendar

This calendar lists special days, weeks, or months dedicated to raising awareness about important health topics. Access the 2025 calendar. 

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