Texas School Nurses Organization Region III

02/08/2024

Recent communication with the Texas Board of Nursing indicates the need for school nurses to have a signed physician order to administer OTC medication to students. Please call the Board of Nursing Practice Line with any questions!

05/08/2021

Submitted to the Office of the Texas Governor:
I am a school nurse. The executive order disallowing schools to require masks needs to be reversed. Local entities need the flexibility to respond to rates of transmission in their communities. The situation has changed drastically since the order was created, with the Delta variant circulating widely. I want to have our students in person, and keep them in person, but I also want they and their families to be safe. It is unwise to have students returning to school without protective measures in place. This is especially true because many children are not even eligible for vaccination yet. It goes against the advice of every public health entity. See below for links from the National Association of School Nurses, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the CDC. Please read them. I hope they help you to make a decision that is better informed, and protects our children, and the staff at schools.
https://www.nasn.org/blogs/eva-wang/2021/07/21/nasn-statement-on-schools-providing-in-person-lear
https://services.aap.org/en/pages/2019-novel-coronavirus-covid-19-infections/clinical-guidance/covid-19-planning-considerations-return-to-in-person-education-in-schools/
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/schools-childcare/k-12-guidance.html
I encourage everyone seeing this post, to let your voices be heard. Now is the time to advocate for our students.

29/02/2020

Thank you, Dottie Abrameit Bitterly, RN, CDE, for sharing your knowledge and expertise...for sharing fellowship with TSNO Region III School Nurses at this morning’s meeting...and for being a partner to school nurses!

04/02/2020

2020 Region III School Nurse Conference: SAVE THE DATE!!!

27/01/2020

09/11/2019

We had a successful planning meeting this morning, and a great time with fellow school nurses. A huge thank you to Tammy Kotzur for hosting us at their beautiful home, and feeding us delicious food! Congratulations to Wanda and Rebecca, winners of our door prizes. We hope to see even more TSNO Region III members at our next gathering.

02/08/2019

We had an amazing conference today, with knowledgeable, engaging presenters who taught material relevant to school nurse practice. We are grateful to them for sharing their time and expertise with school nurses and public health nurses of our region. TSNO Region III would like to sincerely thank these presenters: TSNO President-Elect Karen Kotula Schwind, BSN, RN (Jurisprudence/Ethics for School Nurses), Valerie Pachta, NP of Victoria Pediatrics and Adolescents (Pediatric Dermatology Conditions in the School Setting), Lisa Price, NP with DeTar Healthcare System (Pediatric Trauma in the School Setting), and Phyllis Hamilton, LSSP, Region 3 ESC Mental Health Specialist (Mental Health, Crisis, and The School Nurse). A special thanks to our planning committee (see attached list) which included Jessica Heller, RN, BSN, Director of Education at DeTar, who made it possible for CEU’s to be granted. Thank you to our exhibitors (see attached list), and all of our donors and supporters who contributed door prizes, and helped to make this conference possible (see attached list, and stay tuned for additions).

02/08/2019

The 2019 Region III School Nurse Conference was proud to host TSNO President-elect Karen Schwind as a presenter today!

08/05/2019

Happy National School Nurse Day!

Learn why school nurses are an important member of every school.

18/04/2019

I’m not going anywhere, but turning this page over to TSNO Region III colleagues...sharing the School Nurse love❤️, and wishing all continued professional growth and support through TSNO/NASN. Look forward to another page administrator sharing more TSNO Region III and school nurse news! -Tammy Kotzur