Indiana Association of School Nurses Community Blog

Nominations now open for School Nurse and School Nurse Administrator of the Year!!!!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 2 days ago
Please consider nominating a worthy school nurse (or yourself) for this honor from IASN.  Application:  Excellence in School Nursing Awards

School Nurses Interviewed on Fox 59 News Indianapolis!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 08-23-2021
See the link for this important interview:  Indiana school nurses want parents to understand their daily challenges (fox59.com)

IASN Conference November 2021 live and in-person....REGISTRATION now available!!!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 08-16-2021
Register now for the IASN conference to be held this November 17th and 18th at the Embassy Suites Noblesville Indiana!  "The Relentless School Nurse" and national known School Nurse, Robin Cogan will be ...

IASN Past President in the News

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 06-25-2021
Past President of IASN, Andrea Tanner interviewed for Washington Post Article:  https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/06/24/covid-school-nurses-understaffed-students/ Bravo to Andrea for using ...

School Nurse Job Posting

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 06-22-2021
School Nurse wanted in New Palestine, Indiana for Southern Hancock Community Schools,  see this link for more details and the  application:  https://www.applitrack.com/southernhancock/onlineapp/defa ...

Save the Date! IASN Conference November 2021!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 05-27-2021
The Indiana Association of School Nurses is planning for their annual in person conference this year November 17th and 18th at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in  Noblesville Indiana - see the Save ...

Congratulations to our School Nurse Administrator of the Year Tracey Akers!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 05-21-2021
Congratulations to Tracey Akers, School Nurse Administrator of the Year for 2020-21!  Tracey has been the School Nurse coordinator for Warsaw Schools since 2010.  She is an active member of IASN currently ...

Happy School Nurse Day 2021 - May 12th!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 04-26-2021
Since 1972, National School Nurse Day has been set aside to recognize school nurses.   National School Nurse Day was established to foster a better understanding of the role of school nurses in the educational ...

Congratulations to our School Nurse of the Year Joyce McKinney!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 04-05-2021
Announcing our School Nurse of the Year for this school year is Joyce McKinney from Brownstown Central Community School Corporation!  Read all about Joyce in the article from her local newspaper in the ...

Stuck inside during the hot July days?

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 07-06-2020
Check out the offerings to earn CEU's from our partners at the Immunization Coalition: UPCOMING WEBINARS: Vaccine Facts and Fallacies: How to tell the difference Date: July 14, 2020 ...

Make Plans to Attend the NASN annual conference Virtually!!!!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 05-20-2020
You may have a unique opportunity to attend the National NASN conference virtually!  The cost this year is much more reasonable for registration and there are no added costs of air fare or hotel!   Check ...

Reliable sources of information on COVID-19 (Coronavirus Disease)

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 03-16-2020
Please check our these evidence based sources of reliable health information on the Coronavirus from NASN:  Coronavirus Disease 2019 Resources (COVID-19)   Indiana State Department of Health:  Indiana's ...

Congrats to our School Nurse Award Winners!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 12-02-2019
During Day two of our IASN annual conference we gave out several awards.   This years winner of the KA Coffman award is the Indiana Epilepsy Foundation.  The award was accepted by the organizations executive ...

IASN Annual Conference - Our Worth was Elevated!!!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 11-14-2019
Last week on November 6th and 7th over 200 motivated school nurses attended our annual conference!  The conference started out with a bang with Dr. Jane Chevako and her menagerie of characters with the ...

It's About Time: Why Students Deserve Comprehensive Sexuality Education!

By Deb Robarge, BSN, RN, NCSN posted 11-14-2019
It's About Time: Why Students Deserve Comprehensive Sexuality Education In this continuing education activity, ...

IASN's 2018-2019 Award Winners

By Chris Amidon, NCSN, RN, BSN posted 11-13-2018
INDIANA SCHOOL NURSE OF THE YEAR Patricia Cunningham, MSN, MBM, RN, was presented with Indiana's School Nurse of the Year award at the NCAA Headquarters in Indianapolis recently. Pat is the school nurse ...

NASN Back-to-School Toolkit

By Chris Amidon, NCSN, RN, BSN posted 11-07-2018
NASN’S Back-To-School Toolkit is here! It’s interactive and chock-full of resources and programs!  Visit NASN.org for this toolkit .

Noblesville West Middle School nurse honored for saving a student

By Chris Amidon, NCSN, RN, BSN posted 11-07-2018
Noblesville West Middle School nurse explains bond after saving shooting victim Ella Whistler --- listen to and read this story .

Celebrating Award Recipients

By Chris Amidon, NCSN, RN, BSN posted 11-07-2018
2017-2018 Award Recipients 2017-2018 Indiana School Nurse of the Year: Julie Collings of Floyd County-New Albany Schools  Julie Collings with her parents and husband. 2017-2018 ...

Why every school nurse needs a full-time registered nurse

By Sharon Conley, BA posted 10-17-2018
Why every school needs a full-time registered nurse is an article published on May 19, 2014 by The Truth About Nursing, a non-profit organization increasing public understanding of the central, front-line ...