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The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) performs a variety of functions to promote the school nursing specialty and improve the health and academic success of all students. One critical way in which NASN determines the needs of school nurses and its membership is through a needs assessment that is conducted every 2 years. This needs assessment collects information about school nurses and their practice in order to educate NASN and better aid the organization in developing cogent programs and prioritizing activities. This article provides a summary of the characteristics of school nurses and some of their key activities as obtained from the 2013 NASN School Nurse Survey and evaluates the possible impacts of those results on the organization