{"id":126030,"date":"2020-08-27T16:19:29","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T02:19:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=126030"},"modified":"2020-08-27T21:46:57","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T07:46:57","slug":"more-nurses-hired-for-schools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/08\/27\/more-nurses-hired-for-schools\/","title":{"rendered":"UH-HIDOE<\/abbr> hire more nurses for public schools to address COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The number of nurses at public schools will increase by almost 70 percent under a partnership between the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> at M\u0101noa Nursing<\/a> and the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> State Department of Education (HIDOE<\/abbr>). The Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Keiki<\/a> (HK<\/abbr>) program is expanding to provide additional nurses to serve as COVID-19 health resources and school health providers in public schools statewide. The HK<\/abbr> program will add 15 new registered nurses (RNs<\/abbr>) and one advanced practice registered nurse (APRN<\/abbr>) to the current team of 23 nurses, for a total of 38 nurses to be available to work with HIDOE<\/abbr> in collaboration with the Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Department of Health. <\/p>\n

HIDOE<\/abbr> is using Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES<\/abbr>) Act funding to address the impact of COVID-19 on students and learning in public schools. Recruitment is underway, and HK<\/abbr> anticipates the nurses will be onboard by mid-September.<\/p>\n

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Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Keiki nurse Maria Pineda<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Health hotline and telehealth visits<\/h2>\n

Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> Keiki will also continue to provide no-cost health hotline and telehealth APRN<\/abbr> visits as an extension of services provided to students in the school health room. Over the past year, a $25,000 contribution from the Hawaii Medical Service Association (HMSA<\/abbr>) gave students continued access to the health hotline and telehealth services during the summer. At the start of the new academic year, HMSA<\/abbr> contributed an additional $150,000 for new technology that will allow the telehealth program to provide virtual medical examinations. The upgrade gives HK<\/abbr> providers the ability to reach more students across the state, while focusing on both their physical and mental health care needs.<\/p>\n

Students and families can call (844) 436-3888 (toll free) to speak to an RN<\/abbr> or APRN<\/abbr> about health-related concerns, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding holidays. If a student needs a visit with a health provider or does not have a care provider, a telehealth appointment with a HK<\/abbr> APRN<\/abbr> can be scheduled.<\/p>\n

UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Nursing and HIDOE<\/abbr> are committed to maintaining academic progression for all students in the time of COVID-19. As the number of COVID-19 cases in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> rises, the addition of RN<\/abbr>s as a trusted health resource will benefit students, faculty and staff. RN<\/abbr>s will provide safety protocol training, advice for COVID-19 exposed and COVID-19 positive families, rapid response to clusters or reported cases, and support for student and teacher coping and resilience behaviors. <\/p>\n

The additional health resources at the schools will allow administrators and teachers to focus on education, while HK RN<\/abbr>s and APRN<\/abbr>s will focus on health concerns related to infection, transmission and state public health regulations. The HK<\/abbr> nurses are available to teachers, principals and parents through a telephone hotline. In addition, the APRN<\/abbr>s are providing telehealth services for families as needed.<\/p>\n

For more see the UH<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Nursing website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

$175,000 in contributions from HMSA<\/abbr> creates greater access to telehealth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1411,1416,189,839,9],"class_list":["post-126030","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-nursing","tag-school-of-nursing","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126030","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126030"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126030\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126047,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126030\/revisions\/126047"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126030"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126030"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126030"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}