School Nursing

Janice Loschiavo, MA, RN, NJ-CSN, is an adjunct instructor at William Paterson University Graduate Nursing Division and serves as a field supervisor for New Jersey City University. She had 26 years of experience as a school nurse before retiring from those positions in 2007. Ms. Loschiavo has received recognition for excellence both in teaching and as a school nurse, including the New Jersey Distinguished Alumni Award (2014), the Governor's Teacher Recognition Award in 2006-2007, the nominee for Disney Teacher of the Year (2002), the New Jersey State School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995), the Bergen County School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995), and the state nominee for National School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995). While a school nurse, she was responsible for participating in Child Study Team meetings, maintaining health records, conducting health screenings, and providing first aid to students; teaching health classes; conducting faculty in-service training (anaphylaxis, child abuse, and first aid); organizing health fairs; running workshops for teachers and parents; and serving as liaison to the Division of Youth and Family Services. Ms. Loschiavo is the author of Fasts Facts for the School Nurse, now in its third edition, and contributed to Health Counseling: A Microskills Approach for Counselors, Educators, and School Nurses, Second Edition, edited by Richard Blonna. Mrs. Loschiavo also wrote and published Life's Lessons for Children, which provides character education lesson plans for students K-12.

Part I. 20th Century School Health Practice
Early Beginnings and the Unfolding of a New Nursing Specialty
Prevention concepts in school nursing
The Intersection of Health Education and School Nursing
Part II. 21st Century School Health Practice
The Role of the school Nurse in Building Health Communities
Framework for the 21st Century School Nurse Practice
Interdisciplinary Practices and The New School Environment
The School Nurse, Health Office, and Therapeutic Interventions
The Developing Child and Challenges to Learning
Acute Conditions in the School-Aged Child
Chronic Conditions in the School-Aged Child
The New Alphabet for School Personnel
Part III. The Potentially Marginalized Child
Mental Health Disorders in School-Aged Children
Cultural Diversity
Substance Abuse in School-Aged Children
Gender Identity. Supporting Non-Binary and Transgender Students in the School Setting
Eating Disorders and Obesity in School-Aged Children
Bullying in the School Setting
Part IV. Future Perspectives For School Health Practice
Legal Aspects of School Nurse Practice
School-Based Health Clinics
Special Education
Violence Towards Self and Other
School-Based Crisis Management
Ethical Issues in the School Setting
21st Century Technology for the School Nurse
The Shifting Paradigm for School Health
Pandemics and Plagues