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School Nurses Under Attack Official Newsletter of New Hampshire Nurses Association Quarterly publication direct mailed to approximately 17,000 Registered Nurses, LPNs, and LNAs in New Hampshire. www.NHNurses.org April 2018 | Vol. 42 No. 2 Please be sure to notify us with address School Nurses changes/corrections. We have a very large list to keep updated. If the nurse listed no longer lives at this address–please notify us to Under Attack discontinue delivery. Thank You! There are approximately 500 school nurses in New place. Paula McKinnon, a school nurse for 23 years Please call (603) 225-3783 or email Hampshire, serving 618 public and private schools. The in Salem, stated that Board of Education certification to [email protected] with role of the professional school nurse is currently defined will “validate that school nurses are a vital part of the by New Hampshire School Nurse Certification Law. educational setting.” Nancy Wells, former Department Nursing News in the subject line. Certification ensures a professional level of qualification of Education school nurse coordinator noted “It is for the position of school nurse, which supports a unreasonable to withdraw a process that has been minimal standard of care for students with acute and examined and implemented by a variety of stakeholders Index chronic health needs. All that’s currently required to well-versed in the knowledge and skills our students be a school nurse is to have a nursing license from the deserve, particularly since there hasn’t been enough time state Board of Nursing, but HB 1193, passed in 2016 and to assess its value after implementation for only a few Exeter Hospital Hosts Magnet Appraisers ........ 2 signed into law by Gov. Maggie Hassan, changed that. months.” The demands on school nurses have changed The 2016 signed legislation requires a Bachelor’s degree, over the years, and the complexity demands proper President’s Message ...................... 3 a minimum of three years of pediatric experience and credentials, she said: “This is not your father’s school From the Ed's Desk ....................... 3 certification by the Board of Education. Like teachers, nursing.” Certified school nurses have the additional they will have to be recertified every three years by the education necessary for their involvement as a member NHNA Shares a Breakfast with NH Legislators .... 4 Department of Education, at a cost of $130 to $150, in of the educational team in planning for students with In My Opinion ........................... 5 addition to what they pay for their nursing licenses. special education needs. Existing school nurses were grandfathered when the School of Nursing News .................... 6 2016 legislation took effect. Nurses on the Move ....................... 7 “This is not your father’s school nursing.” Tougher rules for school nurses hired after July 1, 2016, Legislative Update ....................... 8-9 were supposed to take effect with the start of the school Teaching Back .......................... 10 year, but a legislative committee that presides over Barbara Ward, Beth Corcoran and Barbara French, all rules and regulations decided in October to give nurses retired school nurses penned a letter to the editor of Kudos ................................ 10 affected by the new requirements another six years the New Hampshire Union Leader. They noted that one In Honor Of ............................ 11 to comply. Education Commissioner Frank Edelblut, concern cited is the unavailability of “qualified RNs.” opposed the new rules at the time of their passage and There is an exception available for RNs who do not meet From the Bookshelf Internet ................ 12 predicted legislation would be introduced in 2017 to full requirement for certification when hired. Up to six Board of Nursing News .................... 13 overturn them. The Bill to overturn the rules bill (HB years is offered for the professional growth necessary 1217) was introduced by Republicans in the NH House. to become fully certified. This is not uncommon, as In Memory of Our Colleagues ............. 14-15 certification available in other nursing specialties may Opponents of the new rules say they are unnecessary also be acquired over a period of years. All educational NCLEX Reconsidered ..................... 16 and make it even more difficult for school districts to staff have to meet certification standards required for When Compassionate Care Takes a Turn hire nurses in a highly competitive market for nursing their specialty and can apply for provisional certification talent. It all adds up to unnecessary regulation and cost, while working toward this goal. Toward Fatigue ........................ 17 according to Rep. Greg Smith, R-Northwood, sponsor of When the Thrill is Gone ................... 18 the bill. “No case for urgency has been made,” he said Ed Note: When NHNN went to press, the bill was still of the new rules. “There is no danger to the public or in the Education Committee of the House after a public Welcome New and Returning NHNA Members! ... 19 school children; no evidence of legal issues that have hearing. caused this change; no lawsuits; no federal mandates. Nothing shows that our constituents will benefit from the higher costs and shortage of quality candidates.” Rep. Dan Itse, R-Fremont, said the change in the rules has created a new hiring problem for school districts across SAVE THE DATE the state. The N.H. School Nurses Association and the New Student Nurse Conference Hampshire Nurses Association supports the new requirements and urged lawmakers to keep them in March 27, 2018 Excellence in Nursing Presort Standard Awards Banquet US Postage PAID May 22, 2018 Permit #14 Princeton, MN Spotlight on Nursing current resident or 55371 June 21, 2018 2nd Annual Healthy Nurse 5K Run October 20, 2018 Page 2 • New Hampshire Nursing News April, May, June 2018 Guidelines for Submissions to NH Nursing News NH Nursing News (NHNN) is the official publication to [email protected] with NN New Hampshire of the NH Nurses’ Association (NHNA), published Submission in the subject line. quarterly – and available in PDF format at our website: NURSING NEWS www.nhnurses.org. Views expressed are solely Publication Selection and those of the guest authors or persons quoted and do Rights: not necessarily reflect NHNA views or those of the Articles will be selected for publisher, Arthur L. 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Seeking a second Magnet designation, Exeter Hospital Studies show that higher nurse-to-patient ratios and the Responsibility for errors in advertising is limited to hosted the American Nurses Credentialing Committee professional practice environment in Magnet facilities corrections in the next issue or refund of price of (ANCC) Magnet Appraisers in February 2018. The result in fewer complications, lower mortality rates, advertisement. journey to Magnet Excellence is as important as the and shorter stays. Needlestick-related, pressure-ulcer, destination.
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