Kansas School Nurses Organization

📣 School nurses—this one’s for you (and everyone who supports you).

NASN’s School Nurse Day 2026 toolkit makes it easy to celebrate and share your impact, with ready-to-use posters, social graphics, a profile frame, and captions.

Explore the toolkit: schoolnurseday.org
Use it, share it, and invite your school community to celebrate alongside you.

DON'T FORGET TO APPLY!

KSNO Board will be offering Five (5) mini grants in the amount of $200 to nurses in the state for health-office items.

Details:
What is it: A member-support initiative to provide funding for health-office items.
Amount: Five (5) $200 grants will be awarded annually
Eligibility: Active nurse in the state of Kansas and current and active member of KSNO for, at a minimum, the last two preceding years - KSNO Board Members and Mini Grant Committee are NOT eligible per operating guidelines.
Applications must be for use in the school nurse health clinic. Recipients of this grant are asked to provide a required brief written report and/or non-student identifying photos submitted to show proof of grant fund use (via google form). This will be sent out after grant fund have been awarded.

The following information must be included:
1. Application
2. Written proof of a current RN License
3. Written description of how your students and school system will benefit from receipt of this grant funding must accompany the application.
Application deadline is March 31, 2026.

Submit your nomination using one of the following methods:
1. Mail the application to:
Julie Dodson, RN - KSNO Membership Chair
℅ Sunflower Elementary
8599 Loiret Blvd
Lenexa, KS 66219
2. Email the application to: [email protected]
3. Fill out this google form https://forms.gle/uGS45iAKCegTN4Ub9

Are you in school or looking to go back to advance your degree?

KSNO is pleased to accept applications for the 2026 KSNO Scholarship.
In alliance with NASN philosophy of BSN as entry into practice, KSNO intends to improve school nursing by assisting registered nurses employed in schools to advance their education. Applications are subject to a "blind" review by the Awards Committee. Recipients receive a scholarship of not less than $750.00. KSNO is eager to help Kansas school nurses improve their school nursing practice by advancing their education.

You will be asked to gather some documentation and write a short narrative about how this advanced degree will benefit your school nursing practice.

Let me know how I can help you with the process.
Deadline for scholarship applications is Tuesday, March 31, 2026.

Submit your application in one of three manners:
1) Google Form submission is back by popular demand! https://forms.gle/3WTDfmX52ZL2rWCb7
2) Mail the papers to me at:
Maize South High School Attn: Katy Carter, School Nurse
3701 N. Tyler
Wichita, KS 67205
3) Email digitally to me at: [email protected]
Please make the Committee's job difficult by flooding us with applications!
Katy Carter BSN RN NCSN
Awards and Scholarship Chair