School Nursing: Scope and Standards: What Is New and Important in the Fourth Edition?

Abstract

Scope and standards documents can seem abstract or academic but, in reality, they are important representations of the practice of nursing, in this case, school nursing. This article will highlight the latest updates and changes to the School Nursing: Scope and Standards of Professional Practice, Fourth edition, including a discussion of the newest standard—Advocacy.

The Roses and Thorns of Legislative Advocacy in School Nursing Leadership

“…At the national level, NASN supports the critical role of school nurses in providing students access to quality and equitable health care, so students are "healthy, safe, and ready to learn" (NASN, n.d.a.). NASN's (2022) Yonkaitis & Reiner, 2022). This expanded role as content experts, includes promoting evidence-based policies at the school, state, and national levels.…”

“…NASN’s (2022) recently published School Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (4th ed.) , modeled after the American Nurses Association’s Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice (2021), emphasizes a nurse’s duty to participate in the political arena by adding Advocacy as Standard 8 of the Standards of Professional Performance (See Box 1; Yonkaitis & Reiner, 2022). This expanded role as content experts, includes promoting evidence-based policies at the school, state, and national levels.…”