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Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), commonly known as vapes or e-cigarettes, have gained significant popularity among adolescents, raising concerns about their short- and long-term health effects. Research has linked ENDS use to a myriad of health issues, nicotine addiction, and exposure to hazardous chemicals, but many adolescent ENDS users continue to underestimate the risks due to widespread misinformation and targeted marketing. Addressing these misconceptions requires comprehensive, evidence-based education. School nurses play a pivotal role in this effort, serving as accessible healthcare professionals within educational settings. With clinical expertise and direct access to students, they are well positioned to deliver accurate information, identify early signs of use, and implement prevention and intervention strategies. By fostering awareness and promoting informed decision-making, school nurses can contribute significantly to reduction in youth vaping.

Adolescent mothers are at high risk for medical complications, developmental delays in infants, and social and systemic barriers. Infants born to adolescent mothers are at an increased risk of low birth weight and prematurity, which are mitigated by breastfeeding. Breastfeeding fosters bonding between mother and infant, enhances infant safety, and creates a sense of purpose in adolescent mothers. Adolescents benefit from support at school to continue breastfeeding. School nurses can provide support and remove barriers. This article will describe best practices in the school environment and explore the role of the school nurse in providing safe and comfortable spaces for adolescent mothers to feed their babies.

When a school nurse has a practice or policy question, there are many resources they can turn to for answers. One evidence-based site is the catalog of position statements and briefs located on the NASN website. However, the process for how position statements are developed has not been previously discussed. This article will review the process NASN uses to create and revise position statements as well as describe its components.

The school health office is often used as a clinical site for prelicensure nursing students in their community/public health or pediatrics clinicals. School nurses who serve as preceptors often find themselves unprepared, in part due to curricular changes focusing on competency-based education, which were updated in 2021. This article provides guidance for the practicing school nurse to provide a clinical experience for nursing students that meets the competency-based education requirements of the undergraduate nursing program and aligns with the NASN School Nursing Practice Framework. A brief explanation of competency-based education is discussed. Utilizing the umbrella of the school nursing standards, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) Essentials, along with the School Nursing Framework, a sample model of activities to meet these competencies is provided to support both the student and the precepting school nurse.

Today, most schools are well-versed in prevention and intervention strategies for crisis-management, but how well is your school equipped to fluidly handle the events after a crisis unfolds? How and when is information verified and shared within the school community? What is a "Flight Team" and how do they help the day after, and in the days to come? What do we do with the empty desk of a student who has died? And finally, what is the school nurse's role in all of it? This article discusses what we learned from Cheri Lovre, nationally recognized expert in school crisis/trauma response, and how we advocated for these life-changing concepts to be implemented in our schools. In all crises, whether natural disasters or man-made, what happens afterward is a crucial part of the pathway to healing. We learned that postvention opens the door to prevention, so communities can move forward together.

Working within NASN's School Nursing Practice Framework, this author proposes schoolyard gardening as an action oriented approach found in the "Leadership" principle of the Framework. Leadership references "activities related to the mind-set of leadership, not a position." The author suggests that schoolyard gardening is an emerging topic with student health being the desired outcome, as well as, proposing a schoolyard garden is needed in every school. A basic overview of School Nurse Certification in New Jersey is shared along with a 15 year outline of an award-winning schoolyard garden and how a schoolyard garden relates to wellness and teaching health within the New Jersey Student Learning Standards.

School nurses provide support to all students within their schools. Children and youth who are exploring their gender identity need support from caring adults and their school environment. This article is the second in a series exploring the topic of gender identity and transgender youth.

The issues of transgender youth have taken center stage in 2025. School nurses are essential in providing support and facts when questions arise from school administrators, school boards, families, and students.