Ali Al-Nahi
Jeffrey Dickerson
Enith Espinosa Palmett
Shterna Frand
Garrett Furth
Matthew Gutzmer
Marshall Hall
Sana Khan
Shana-Kay Lambert-Johnson
Henry Lim
Kelly Mofor
Lakshmi Morla
Ali Nazim
Rui Zhang
Christian Scheufele
Zara Soomro
Hans Drawbert
Sadra Forati
Michele McCarroll

Background: School nurses are on the front lines of assessing, identifying and treating school-age children with a number of health complications. Implementing nursing services in schools has previously demonstrated improved medical care costs for students, less productivity loss for parents, and less productivity loss for teachers. As a result, nursing services in schools provide a cost-beneficial investment of public money, and warrant both financial support from policy makers as well as educational support from local healthcare services. Aim Statement: This quality improvement project addressed the targeted continuing education gap topics of Dermatology and Diabetes management in school age children. Methods: Residents from emergency medicine, family medicine, internal medicine, general surgery, and dermatology delivered synchronous and asynchronous lectures throughout the academic year 2024-2025 at local Medical City Healthcare hospitals in North Texas. Results: Approximately n=1,500 nurses from 18 different school districts within the North Texas Division of Medical City Healthcare attended/will attend the voluntary sessions. Self-reported data from pre and post session surveys regarding knowledge and treatment were collected. To-date: RNs, n=688; LPNs, n=34; CNA, MA, Clinic/Health Aides, n=65; Social Worker, n=1; Others, n=3 completed the surveys. At the end of this learning event, 96.4% attendees specified a change in clinical practice they will implement based on knowledge gained. In addition, attendees reported an average “increase in knowledge” rating of 4.81 on 5-point Likert scale. Conclusion: By educating nurses on common school age medical problems, we seek to continue to improve both nursing confidence in primary management of these conditions as well as increase the overall participation from the community in these educational sessions.