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- School nurses perform a critical role within the school health program by addressing the major health problems experienced by children. This role includes providing preventive and screening services, health education and assistance with decision-making about health, and immunization against preventable diseases.
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Jun 1, 2016 · The American Academy of Pediatrics recognizes the important role school nurses play in promoting the optimal biopsychosocial health and well-being of school-aged children in the school setting.
- Breena Welch Holmes, Mandy Allison, Richard Ancona, Elliott Attisha, Nathaniel Beers, Cheryl De Pint...
- 2016
May 1, 2008 · School nurses perform a critical role within the school health program by addressing the major health problems experienced by children. This role includes providing preventive and screening services, health education and assistance with decision-making about health, and immunization against preventable diseases.
- This Specialty Provides Many Challenges—And Rewards.
- School Nursing Defined
- On The Job
- Looking Forward: Challenges and Opportunities
- Reliable Leadership
Takeaways: 1. School nurses play an integral role in the health of children and youth, by increasing access to healthcare, addressing social determinants of health, and providing essential care coordination. 2. School nursing specialty practice is frequently overlooked, but it’s been shown to be cost-effective and to improve health outcomes. 3. Cha...
The National Association of School Nurses (NASN) defines school nursing as a specialized practice that “protects and promotes student health, facilitates optimal development, and advances academic success.” The NASN goes on to explain that school nurses are grounded in ethical and evidence-based practice and work as leaders to bridge healthcare and...
Once stereotyped as a slow-paced, low-skill position, school nurses today care for students with complex conditions that require higher-level acute care nursing proficiency. In addition to direct care, school nurses must have exceptional advocacy, public health, and leadership skills. These efforts to positively impact health and improve student at...
School nursing faces many challenges, but these challenges also present opportunities to effect positive change. Funding challenge Limited and varied funding remains one of the primary challenges to delivering comprehensive, evidence-based school nursing services. Although schools can bill for specific services through Medicaid and partially fund a...
School nurses are on the frontline addressing children’s healthcare needs and keeping them healthy for academic success. School nursing builds on the breadth and depth of professional nursing practice with new challenges each day, which require knowledge of emergency care, public health, occupational health, disaster management, surveillance, track...
Apr 27, 2023 · During the COVID-19 pandemic, school nurses played an important role in keeping schools open for in-person learning, while protecting the health and safety of students and staff. School nurses are setting up employee wellness programs to keep teachers and school staff healthy.
Dec 30, 2016 · School nurses are key to improving children and young people’s health and wellbeing by delivering health promotion, providing health advice, signposting to other services, active treatment, education, family support, protection, safeguarding, service coordination and multi-agency work [4 – 8].
- Beverley A. Hoekstra, Vicki L. Young, Charlotte V. Eley, Meredith K. D. Hawking, Cliodna A. M. McNul...
- 2016
Sep 30, 2017 · The CDC has long recognized the role of school nurses in promoting health by including school health services in their Coordinated School Health program (NASN, 2017c). The program has since evolved into a partnership with education professionals called the Whole School, Whole Child, Whole Community program (WSCC Model) ( CDC, n.d. ).
Aug 28, 2018 · School nursing is aligned with the promotion of health among school-aged children either in school or community settings. Historically, school nursing was designed as a public health measure, within the National Health Service (NHS) to address communicable diseases, inadequate nutrition in children, poor hygiene and other physical ailments that ...
