Comprehensive School Nursing

Time limit: 365 days
20 credits

UM System employees: Please note that you do not need to create a new registration account. You will have the option to enroll with your UM System credentials.

Course Overview:

This free, self-paced course does not have any pre-requisites and is intended for nurses. It features modules on health assessments, the development of individualized health plans, and the management of mental health conditions, including adolescent depression. Additionally, it provides insights into contemporary legal issues and current policy statements essential to school nursing. This course provides up to 20 nursing contact hours and is a valuable tool for school nurses aiming to refine their skills and knowledge, ensuring the highest quality of care in their educational communities.

Learning Outcomes:

1. Learners will self-report an increase in knowledge in all areas of school nursing, focusing on health assessments, the development of individualized health plans, and the management of physical and mental health conditions.

2. Learners will self-report an increase in knowledge regarding contemporary legal issues and current policy statements essential to school nursing.

3. Learners will self-report an increase in readiness to implement the highest quality of care in their educational communities.

Topics:

1.The Specialty Practice of School Nursing

2. Legal Foundations for School Nursing

3. Understanding Students and Families

4. Health Promotion/ Disease Prevention/ Acute Care in Schools

5. Students with Special Healthcare Needs

6. Student Mental and Behavioral Health

7. School Health Management

Instructor(s):

Laura Meyer DHSc, MSN, RN; Clinical Instructor and Nurse Planner, Continuing Education for Health Professions (CEHP)

Length:

20 hours

Department:

Continuing Education for Health Professions

Credit:

Accreditation

Nursing Contact Hours

In support of improving patient care, University of Missouri - Continuing Education for Health Professions is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Missouri – Continuing Education for Health Professions designates this activity for 25 ANCC contact hours. Nurses should only claim credit for the actual time spent participating in the activity.

Relevant Financial Relationship Disclosures

The Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education state that participants in CE activities should be made aware of any relevant affiliation or financial relationship in the previous 24 months that may affect the planning of an educational activity or a speaker’s presentation(s). Each planning committee member and speaker has been requested to complete a financial relationship reporting form.

No planning committee member or speaker has a relevant financial relationship.

Audience:

School Nurses

Accommodations

University of Missouri Extension complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have a disability and need accommodations in connection with participation in an educational program or you need materials in an alternate format, please notify your instructor as soon as possible so that necessary arrangements can be made.

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