Erin
Sivak,
MSN BSN RN
Assistant Director
Boston University
Erin is the Assistant Director for the BU SPH School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD).
Erin joined SHIELD in 2021 and supports the development, delivery, and evaluation of SHIELD education and training programs for school nurses. Erin earned her Bachelor of Nursing Science from Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and a Masters in Nursing Administration at Northeastern University. She has experience as a school nurse, nursing director for a community provider agency serving adults with developmental disabilities and brain injury, and as a staff nurse on an urgent care unit in a community health center.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
BackgroundThe School Health Institute for Education and Leadership Development (SHIELD) recently designed and implemented a racial equity professional development course for school nurses, with the aim of enhancing cultural competence in school nursing practice. The following is a description of the course design and an evaluation of its outcomes.Design/MethodologyAn interdisciplinary team of experts, from the fields of education, healthcare, social sciences, and policy, designed and delivered the course. The course incorporated content from the racial justice competency model (RJCM) and the…