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This newsletter takes NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice approach.

With May just around the corner, Mental Health America (MHA) is proud to announce that our highly anticipated May is Mental Health Month toolkit is FINALLY HERE!

Since 1949, Mental Health America and our affiliates across the country have led the observance of May is Mental Health Month by reaching millions of people through the media, local events and screenings.

We welcome other organizations to join us in spreading the word that mental health is something everyone should care about by using the May is Mental Health Month toolkit materials and conducting awareness activities.

While 1 in 5 people will experience a mental illness during their lifetime, everyone faces challenges in life that can impact their mental health.

In 2020, our theme of Tools 2 Thrive will provide practical tools that everyone can use to improve their mental health and increase resiliency regardless of the situations they are dealing with.

We always intended to focus MHA’s Mental Health Month toolkit this year on resiliency, offering tools to thrive at any time. We now believe that these tools even those that we all may have to adapt for the short term because of social distancing will be more useful than ever.

Our toolkit includes sample materials for communications and social media as well as printable handouts on the following topics:

• Owning Your Feelings
• Finding the Positive
• Eliminating Toxic Influences
• Creating Healthy Routines
• Supporting Others
• Connecting with Others

*Additionally, the toolkit includes a new info-graphic about mental health and COVID-19.

Access the 2020 May is Mental Health Month toolkit at www.mhanational.org/may. You’ll need to fill out a quick form before being taken to the download page.

The University of Delaware Disaster Research Center is conducting a study on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We are writing to ask your assistance in learning more about the healthcare system during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are interested in learning about the experiences of a broad range of health care workers. We especially hope to learn about the experiences of your membership at work, the types of information and support they received, and how others in and outside of their workplace may have been treated during this time period. Findings from the study will be shared with the wider community and may help future planning to similar events. We would like to invite them to participate in a short anonymous survey, and we would like to ask your assistance by notifying them of this study and by providing them with a link to the survey:

https://delaware.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9Hzo3Zmq3d9bidv

By way of a brief introduction, the Disaster Research Center is the oldest center in the world devoted to the social science and management aspects of disasters, founded in 1963. Since then we have conducted hundreds of studies on various crises, emergencies, and disasters. We are always grateful to the participants in our studies, whose time and thoughtfulness enables advances in disaster science. More information on the Disaster Research Center can be found at our website drc.udel.edu. We hope that you will help us. Please feel free to reach out and we’re glad to talk further about our study.

Sincerely,

Nuno Martins, P.h.D.

Hello!

As a school nurse, families rely on you for information to keep their children safe. While students aren’t directly in your care right now, you know it’s important for you to keep learning so you’re ready to provide the best care when school is finally back in session.

Due to the intense demands on medical personnel right now because of the coronavirus pandemic, we have decided to move our next RN to MSN cohort to the August 17, 2020 term. However, students who intend to enroll in the August RN to MSN term are encouraged to begin with general education classes with the May 18, 2020 term. PLUS, you will still have the opportunity to receive one of 15 half-tuition scholarships and may use the scholarship toward those general education classes. The bottom line: You can earn a BSN and MSN for less than $10,000. Read all the details here.

One more bonus: Students who apply by May 6 and enroll by May 8 will have their application fee credited toward their first-term tuition. That’s a savings of $50!

If you or any associate degree nurses you know might benefit from this accelerated program – and want to take advantage of this scholarship opportunity and early application fee credit – please feel free to share this email with them in time to apply for our May 18 term.

Know someone who could benefit from the scholarship? Contact Janet Miller

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The President's Endowment Challenge: Double Down for Data is inspired by the "year of the 2." This fund is launched in 2020. In 2020, we celebrate the 200th birthday of Florence Nightingale and an NASN president serves a 2-year term.

Funders who support NASN's programming want to see school nurse data. Collecting, analyzing, and disseminating school nurse data takes dollars. When you donate to this fund, no amount is too small --- 2, $20, $200, or double your last contribution. If every member contributed $2, the NASN Endowment Fund would grow by $34,000.

For more information: https://www.nasn.org/give