School Nurse Organization of Washington

In honor of GayleThronson

School Nurse Organization of Washington announces

The Gayle Thronson Continual Learners Conference Scholarships

This scholarship is established to celebrate the life of Gayle Thronson
and honor her support of all school nurses and learning.

Scholarship is for $250 to attend Fall Conference
and a $250 scholarship for the Spring Conference

If you wish to donate in membrance of Gayle, please
make your check payable to SNOW (GTCLCS) and

mail to: Rhonda Bohall

P.O. Box 912

Jacksonville, OR
97530

Fall Conference 2013 October 11th &12th "Harvesting Health Within Culture of Poverty" Red Lion Inn Wenatchee For On-Line Registration Click the link below www.teamtri.com/snow CALL FOR EXHIBITORS - SEE FORM BELOW ExhibitionForm Congratulations to the winners for school year 2011-2012 School Nurse of the Year Marcia Statz- from South Whidbey School District School Nurse Administrator of the Year Nancy Sutherland from Edmonds School District School Nurse Advocate of the Year Carolyn Kramer from Treehouse	Read about a life saved by school nurse Debbie Fowler with an AED in the school. http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/4fb6f8e0e913471f93acac406b886a0e/WA--Sudden-Cardiac-Arrest?goback=%2Egde_4026921_member_231041267 WHY JOIN YOUR PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATION? Learn what NASN/SNOW membership can offer you today. If you know school nurses that are not members please share this information with them. SNOW’s MISSION STATEMENT SNOW is committed to the practice of quality school nursing to promote optimal health and learning in students.
NASN-DEFINITION OF SCHOOL NURSING School nursing is a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success and life-long achievement and health of students. To that end, school nurses facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self advocacy, and learning. (NASN 2010).
NEW INFORMATION
Introduction to School Nursing July 9-12, 2013 from 8:00am-4:30pm Contact Information: 253-535-7683 or http://www.plu.edu/ccnl/ Keeping Kids in the Classroom July 15-July 16th from 8:30am-4:30pm Contact Information: 253-535-7683 or http://www.plu.edu/ccnl/	CONTINUING EDUCATION 2013 Washington State University Educational Staff Associate Initial Certification/School Nurse Initial Certification · Introduction to School Nursing June 17-20, 2013 January 2014 (Dates TBA) for more information visit http//nursing.wsu.edu/Continuing-Education/index.html Contact Nancy Oberst, Program Coordinator 509-324-7219
SCHOLARSHIP INFORMATION Could you use $500 to help pay for schooling? Are you taking the ESA course or looking to national certification? Could you benefit from a $250 scholarship to attend one of SNOW’s Spring or Fall conferences. If you answered yes to any of the above, then you might want to apply for a SNOW scholarship. Just go to the scholarship tab under MEMBER BENEFITS for information.