Janice Loschiavo, Ma, RN

Janice Loschiavo, MA, RN, NJ-CSN, is currently an adjunct instructor in William Paterson University's Graduate Nursing Division, taught at Caldwell University and served as a field supervisor for New Jersey City University. She had 26 years of experience as a school nurse before retiring from that position in 2007. Ms. Loschiavo has received recognitions for excellence both in teaching and as a school nurse, including the New Jersey City University's Distinguished Alumni Award (2014), the...See more

Janice Loschiavo, MA, RN, NJ-CSN, is currently an adjunct instructor in William Paterson University's Graduate Nursing Division, taught at Caldwell University and served as a field supervisor for New Jersey City University. She had 26 years of experience as a school nurse before retiring from that position in 2007. Ms. Loschiavo has received recognitions for excellence both in teaching and as a school nurse, including the New Jersey City University's Distinguished Alumni Award (2014), the Governor's Teacher Recognition Award (2006-2007), the nomination for Disney Teacher of the Year (2002), the New Jersey State School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995), the Bergen County School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995), and the state nomination for National School Nurse of the Year (1994-1995). While working as a school nurse, she was responsible for participating in Child Study Team meetings; maintaining health records; conducting health screenings; providing first aid to students; teaching health classes; conducting faculty in-service training (anaphylaxis, child abuse, and first aid); organizing health fairs; running workshops for teachers and parents. . Ms. Loschiavo contributed to the book Health Counseling: A Microskills Approach for Counselors, Educators, and School Nurses , Second Edition, edited by Richard Blonna. ADVANCE for Nurses published her article, "Considering School Nursing?," in January 2013. In 2016, Ms. Loschiavo wrote and published Life's Lessons for Children , which provides character education lesson plans for students K to 12. In 2020, she wrote and edited the text School Nursing: The Essential Reference. She contributed articles for Today's School Nurse: the Marginalized Child Speaks, Meeting the Challenge -- Prevention Strategies for Controlling COVID-19 were published in 2021 in The Journal of Nursing. Ms. Loschiavo has also delivered numerous webinar presentations reaching hundreds of school nurses. See less