A School Nurse and a Technology Specialist: Partnering for Improved Processes During COVID-19
Brittany Hardiman1, Neal Sonnenberg2
1School Nurse at Medfield High School, Medfield, MA.
Abstract:
School nurses have worked tirelessly during the COVID-19 pandemic. At times, the workload has been unsustainable and there were not enough hours in the day for school nurses to complete their duties. In one school district, the high school nurse and instructional technology specialist collaborated on improving the process of collecting COVID-19 information. This resulted in dramatically reducing the amount of time it took to process information and improved the way the data were collected and shared. This article describes the steps in pandemic-related data collection and communication used before and after implementation of the improved tools and processes. The authors also provide forms, email templates, and the resulting district COVID-19 metric figures helpful to school nurses desiring to replicate the process.
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