New School Nurse Orientation (NSNO) Training Class 2022-23

Please review the attachment by downloading and reviewing prior to registering. Also, please order the text prior to registering. Once participants register, they will have 12 weeks to complete or they will be dropped.

The Alaska Nurses Association and Alaska School Nurses Association are jointly providing a free online school nurse orientation class. This will be asynchronous (self-guided).  Registration is open for participants to complete the course 12 weeks from the registration on the Thinkific link below.  This class is for new school nurses, school nurses who would like a refresher, or those nurses interested in school nursing. 

Basic skills covered include:

• Standards of school nursing practice
• Legal aspects of school nursing including 504's and IEP's
• Students with mental and physical special health care needs
• Assessment of students with acute injuries and illnesses
• Growth and development preschool through adolescence
• Students with chronic conditions including diabetes, asthma, allergies, seizures, & neurodevelopmental disorders
• Trauma informed care
• Management of the school nurse office. 

The required text will be the 3rd edition of "School Nursing: A Comprehensive Text” by Selekman, Shannon and Yonkaitis and is available online at UAA Consortium Library or Amazon.  Optional text is "Managing Chronic Health Needs in Child Care and Schools" by Donoghue and Kraft. 

This class offers a total of 30 contact hours. The required reading is 50-75 pages per week, so plan wisely the 12-week completion time. It is recommended that participants receive the textbook prior to registering. All the modules must be completed on the learning management system to receive contact hours.  We encourage you to allow yourself one week per chapter as the reading is quite vigorous, which allowed us to offer such robust contact hours.

Here is the direct link below to register for the online course.

Thinkific NSNO

Use the link to get to the course, sign up/sign in, and register there as well.  You will then be directed to sign in. As a new user you will need to first register for the site and then go to the courses and add the course. 

Contact for inquiries about the class:
Wendy DeGraffenried, BSN, RN, NCSN, HN-BC
State School Nurse Consultant I
(907) 891-1263
Wendy.DeGraffenried@alaska.gov