Strategic Plan

The WVASN/NASN vision is that all students are healthy, safe and ready to learn.

The WVASN/NASN mission is to optimize student health and learning by advancing the practice of school nursing.

 

GOAL 1

ENGAGE school nurses in 21st Century Practice.

OBJECTIVES

  • Advocate for environments that allow school nurses to practice at full scope and to prioritize school nurse wellbeing, resulting in positive student outcomes.
  • Equip school nurses with evidence-based resources, tools, and programs focusing on diversity, equity, and inclusion.
  • Facilitate school nurse expertise by addressing population health; assessing social determinants of health; accessing evidence-based literature; using technology and advancing student health equity.
  • Promote and advance the West Virginia School Nurse Needs Assessment and facilitate its inclusion into NASN’s National School Health Data Set: Every Student Counts!

 

GOAL 2

PURSUE health, education, and social equity for students through shared leadership.

OBJECTIVES

  • Advocate for quality systems level school health services for all students, including funding.
  • Secure strategic partnerships in pursuit of upstream changes that enhance student health, safety, and education.
  • Facilitate school nurse knowledge and influence to build a culture of health through shared leadership in disaster/emergency planning, climate and environmental health in schools and communities where students live, learn, play, and work.
  • Collaborate with organizations to integrate and understand school health services in addressing social influencers of health and education on a student population level.

 

GOAL 3

SECURE foundational school health evidence.

OBJECTIVES

  • Engage school nurses in the collection and utilization of school health data to make informed decisions.
  • Establish a school nurse practice of evidence-based data collection, research, and educational offerings.
  • Expand partnerships with community organizations, including universities, that collect health-related data on children and youth to coordinate efforts and advance student health.
  • Invest in the development of innovation and evidence-based research to promote best school health practice.

Revised: Spring 2025