Grants for nursing equipment?

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Specializes in ER/School/Rural Nursing/Health Department.

I work for three small (125-205) K-12 schools.  Does anyone know of a grant or where I should look to buy some larger pieces of equipment?  I'd love to have an audiometer at all the schools--currently we borrow from one school for the others and it makes it difficult to get all the vision/hearing screenings done everywhere quickly.  It has been on the "wish list" for two years now and I would love to look at some other avenues.  

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

You could try setting up a Donor's Choose page! It's essentially a GoFundMe for education, but has some pretty huge philanthropic backers (think the Gates Foundation, etc.) It says it is just for teachers, but I wrote to them and they absolutely accept school health services projects. The most successful projects at my school are shared frequently on social media; They often have promotions where donations are matched by a bigger backer, up to a certain amount. 

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Specializes in Pediatrics, Community Health, School Health.

Not sure where you are located but did your district receive ESSR funds? If so, look into that b/c there are definitely opportunities for medical equipment.  Your admin will know about ESSR funding.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

if there is a PTO or PTA at any of the schools ask them for help as well!

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Specializes in Pediatric.

I am in a pretty rural area as well. Last year due to virtual students we were able to us COVID funded money to purchase new hearing equipment. We can now do testing on virtual students outside of the school setting if need be. 

We also partnered a couple years ago with our local Lions club to purchase a new pulsoptix vision screener for our district.  

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Specializes in pediatrics, school nursing.

I don't believe the ESSR funds could be used for screening equipment. Maybe its different in different states, but in MA, it is explicitly listed to NOT be used for screening equipment, unless it is materials for infection control related it COVID....

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Specializes in kids.

Should be part of your budget!

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Specializes in ER/School/Rural Nursing/Health Department.
On 10/10/2021 at 5:20 PM, NutmeggeRN said:

Should be part of your budget!

My budget barely covers bandaids and tylenol if we're being honest...

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Specializes in kids.

That stinks!

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