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Abstract

School nurses must identify and advocate for change when student safety is at risk. Using a population-focused approach (one that addresses the needs of a whole group rather than an individual), one Illinois nurse successfully sought legislation to address the need for undesignated glucagon in all Illinois schools. This article will tell her story and describe the steps all school nurses can take to make a population-level change through legislative advocacy.

Keywords

glucagon advocacy legislation severe hypoglycemia diabetes population health emergency medication health equity ethics

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