Dallas, Texas — Sports injuries and concussions, mental wellness and panic attacks, and emergency response – these are all serious student health issues that school nurses face on a daily basis. Thanks to a partnership with Medical City Healthcare, nurses from 36 North Texas school districts will receive free ongoing education and training to address these critical skills.
Medical City Healthcare’s School Nurse Education Series was created in 2017 in response to school health providers’ requests to emerging and evolving health trends in school-aged youth. Clinical experts from Medical City Healthcare have developed the curriculum along with community partners United Way of Metropolitan Dallas, EVERFI, Stop the Bleed® and the American Heart Association who are contributing expertise and educational materials. Medical City Healthcare, supported by the HCA Healthcare Foundation, is a proud supporter of the American Heart Association’s Getting to the Heart of Stroke™ initiative to champion stroke prevention.
- Allen ISD
- Anna ISD
- Argyle ISD
- Arlington ISD
- Birdville ISD
- Brock ISD
- Community ISD
- Coppell ISD
- Crowley ISD
- Carrollton/Farmers Branch ISD
- Castleberry ISD
- Dallas ISD
- Fort Worth ISD
- Frisco ISD
- Garland ISD
- Grand Prairie ISD
- HEB ISD
- Highland Park ISD
- Irving ISD
- Keller ISD
- Krum ISD
- Lake Dallas ISD
- Lewisville ISD
- Mansfield ISD
- McKinney ISD
- Melissa ISD
- Mesquite ISD
- Northwest ISD
- Ponder ISD
- Prosper ISD
- Red Oak ISD
- Richardson ISD
- Sanger ISD
- Weatherford ISD
- White Settlement ISD
- Wylie ISD
“Our School Nurse Education Series further equips local school districts with vital tools to help address important health issues facing students today,” says Allen Harrison, president of Medical City Healthcare. “The comprehensive training provided by Medical City Healthcare and its partners is part of our mission to care for and improve human life.”
Approximately 1,600 school nurses will gather at their nearest Medical City Healthcare hospital to receive training from experts from August 2023 through March 2024. Participating school districts:
The School Nurse Education Series complements two important programs: Medical City Healthcare’s award-winning kids teaching kids® Healthy Lifestyles program, which offers children and families nutrition education and resources to improve eating habits, and EVERFI’s Understanding Mental Wellness online curriculum for teenagers that is available for teachers to use in their classrooms, free of charge, with support from Medical City Healthcare.