Join us on a School Health Nurse Advisory (SHNAC) Sub-Committee - Application Deadline: Jan 13, 2023

Dear Alaska School Nurses,

We are reaching out to let you know that we will be reviving the School Health Nursing Advisory Committee (SHNAC) program for the remainder of this school year (January – May 2023) and beyond! The last several years of the COVID-19 Pandemic resulted in the need for SHNAC to shift its focus on district level support in local and statewide COVID response efforts.  We are excited to now revive SHNAC and look towards updating and refreshing areas of support for school nurses that had be sidelined by the pandemic.  As such, we are seeking school nurses to join us on a School Health Nurse Advisory (SHNAC) Sub-Committee during the second half of this school year!

Your leadership skills and experience as school nurses around the state will be very valuable in helping us reach our current school health & wellness goals! It is also an opportunity for you to incorporate NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice into your own school nurse practice by participating in a leadership role at the state level.  These are working committees and we ask that you be able to participate in monthly meetings as well as work individually, or in tandem remotely via email, between monthly meetings; expected time commitment is 5-10 hours per month. 

Current SHNAC Sub-Committees we are seeking participation:

1. Forms/Publications Review & Update Committee
2. 2022-2023 SY SHNAC Goals Committees -

                  i.            Raise public awareness of the value of School Nurses

                 ii.            Practices for addressing student wellness & healthy bodies with families

                iii.            Post-pandemic student & staff mental health & wellbeing

                iv.            Immunizations: Bringing students up-to-date post-pandemic

 If you are interested in participating in one or more of the above SHNAC Sub-Committees, please review the application information to see if you would like to apply to be on one of the SHNAC sub-committees and offer some of your valuable time to participate and grow your leadership skills benefitting our school communities and the profession of school nurses statewide!  Applications will be due by January 13th, 2023!  Notifications will be made by January 20th, 2023, with the first ALL-SHNAC Mtg/Orientation occurring the week of January 23rd – 27th.

Respectfully,

Wendy A. Williams, BSN RN NCSN
State School Nurse Consultant II
School Nursing/Health Services Program & Office of School Health and Safety
Women, Children, and Family Health | Division of Public Health 
Department of Health | State of Alaska
907.269.7368 Office
907.744.5567 Work Cell
wendy.williams2@alaska.gov or healthyschools@alaska.gov 

Maureen Hall, BSN RN NCSN
School Nurse Consultant I
School Nursing/Health Services Program & Office of School Health and Safety
Women, Children, and Family Health | Division of Public Health 
Department of Health | State of Alaska
Work Cell: 907.727.6813
maureen.hall@alaska.gov or healthyschools@alaska.gov