NASN’s 48th Annual School Nurse Conference—Learning, Linking, Leading—included the first ever innovation relay contest. The relay was based on a design developed by the Institute of Healthcare Improvement’s Innovation Relay. Participation included 43 contestants from 16 states and one foreign country. Teams were given 24 hours to develop a solution. This article describes the process utilized, the problem introduced, and a brief synopsis of each team’s solution. The ongoing purpose of the exercise is to encourage innovation by school nurses as they experience student health–related barriers in the academic setting.
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