Fast Facts for the School Nurse

Janice Loschiavo, MA, RN, NJ-CSN, is currently an adjunct instructor in William Paterson University’s Graduate Nursing Division, taught at Caldwell University and served as a field supervisor for New Jersey City University. She had 26 years of experience as a school nurse before retiring from that position in 2007. Ms. Loschiavo has received recognitions for excellence both in teaching and as a school nurse, including the New Jersey City University’s Distinguished Alumni Award (2014), the Governor’s Teacher Recognition Award (2006-2007), the nomination 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 nomination for National School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995). While working as a school nurse, she was responsible for participating in Child Study Team meetings; maintaining health records; conducting health screenings; 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. Ms. Loschiavo contributed to the book Health Counseling: A Microskills Approach for Counselors, Educators, and School Nurses, Second Edition, edited by Richard Blonna. ADVANCE for Nurses published her article, “Considering School Nursing?,” in January 2013. In 2016, Ms. Loschiavo wrote and published Life’s Lessons for Children, which provides character education lesson plans for students K to 12. In 2020, she wrote and edited the text School Nursing: The Essential Reference. She contributed articles for Today’s School Nurse: the Marginalized Child Speaks, Meeting the Challenge – Prevention Strategies for Controlling COVID-19 were published in 2021 in The Journal of Nursing. Ms. Loschiavo has also delivered numerous webinar presentations reaching hundreds of school nurses.