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NASN School Nurse (Print) Mar 2024This article is part of a series of articles titled "Legal Issues 101" addressing some common questions and misconceptions around the law and school health. Nursing...
This article is part of a series of articles titled "Legal Issues 101" addressing some common questions and misconceptions around the law and school health. Nursing documentation, a recording of interactions between a nurse and a patient, is a vital part of nursing care. Timely, thorough documentation allows for patient safety, risk reduction, continuity of care, and the availability of data for work process analysis. In the school setting, nursing documentation encompasses a record of student treatment in the health office as well as communication with parents, school team members, and healthcare providers. Student health records are intersected by educational and health privacy laws, which can create confusion around record management. The purpose of this article is to clarify frequently asked questions related to health office documentation.
Topics: Humans; School Nursing; Privacy; Documentation; Communication; Schools; Nursing Records
PubMed: 37439111
DOI: 10.1177/1942602X231186095 -
The Journal of School Nursing : the... Dec 2023
PubMed: 37728090
DOI: 10.1177/10598405231202845 -
The Journal of School Nursing : the... Apr 2024
Topics: Humans; United States; School Nursing; School Health Services; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S.
PubMed: 38291717
DOI: 10.1177/10598405241227884 -
Nursing Education Perspectives Oct 2023In nursing academia, educators are faced with the longstanding challenge of bridging the theory-practice gap. In a second-year nursing theory course, students were...
In nursing academia, educators are faced with the longstanding challenge of bridging the theory-practice gap. In a second-year nursing theory course, students were introduced to poetry on a biweekly basis, written by their educator in response to student needs in understanding complex theoretical and conceptual nursing topics. Through anecdotal evidence from clinical instructors and students, the sharing of poetry and subsequent discussions helped students to develop and enhance their critical thinking and clinical judgment, reasoning, and decision-making skills. This transformative pedagogical approach offers an alternative teaching strategy that can provide the basis for meaningful discussion and bridge the theory-practice gap.
PubMed: 37937959
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BMC Nursing Sep 2023A shortage of qualified nurses and their low level of educational qualifications hinders the development of global health services. Studies have proven the role of...
BACKGROUND
A shortage of qualified nurses and their low level of educational qualifications hinders the development of global health services. Studies have proven the role of nursing education in addressing these problems. However, no related studies have focused on senior high school students in China. This study aimed to explore senior high school students' intentions to learn nursing and identify the factors influencing their decision-making processes.
METHODS
An anonymous questionnaire was distributed to 8050 senior high school students, which included questions regarding their demographic characteristics, obtaining nursing specialty information, cognition of the nursing occupation and the impact of the COVID-19 on the nursing profession. Descriptive calculation, the chi-square test and logistic regression were used for the analysis.
RESULTS
Only 0.73% of the participants had a clear intention to study nursing. Academic performance and family support were significant predictors of students' intentions to pursue nursing education. Students' interest in nursing specialties was associated with their choice. There was a positive correlation between cognition of nursing occupation and students' choice of nursing. Students' experience of the COVID-19 pandemic also had a positive impact on their nursing career choice.
CONCLUSION
This survey to some extent reflects the problem of nurses shortage in China. In addition, these findings may also provide a new perspective for predictors of nursing shortage and potential interventions.
PubMed: 37700328
DOI: 10.1186/s12912-023-01480-w -
The Journal of Nursing Education Sep 2023This article examines innovations in the development and advancement of a school of nursing-led climate change center and innovative leadership related to climate change...
BACKGROUND
This article examines innovations in the development and advancement of a school of nursing-led climate change center and innovative leadership related to climate change and health in nursing education.
METHOD
The integration of health consequences of climate change in curricula and continuing education is essential to prepare nursing students and nurses for clinical practice.
RESULTS
Transformational leadership is a key concept for effective leadership in nursing education to address climate change as the looming public health challenge of the 21st century. Transformational leadership strengthened one nursing program's curricula, dissemination of relevant scholarship, and achievements with public health outreach related to climate change, climate justice, and health.
CONCLUSION
Nursing education leaders can influence nursing practice and improve societal health outcomes related to the health consequences of climate change across all levels of education and continuing education for professional nurses. .
Topics: Humans; Leadership; Climate Change; Education, Nursing; Curriculum; Social Justice
PubMed: 37499258
DOI: 10.3928/01484834-20230509-10 -
Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2023The prevalence of childhood allergic diseases, including food allergies, has increased globally. Parents and children have experienced psychosocial and financial...
INTRODUCTION
The prevalence of childhood allergic diseases, including food allergies, has increased globally. Parents and children have experienced psychosocial and financial difficulties, decreased quality of life, anxiety, and depression in the management of food allergies in schools.
PURPOSE
The aim of the study was to determine the challenges experienced by mothers of children with food allergies during their children's school life.
DESIGN
A qualitative phenomenological study design was used.
METHODS
Online interviews were conducted with 9 mothers who have children with food allergies between June-August 2022. The data were analyzed using the content analysis method. The COREQ checklist was used in the study.
RESULTS
The ages of the mothers participating in the study ranged from 28 to 40. Four themes were generated from 75 codes: 1) Problems experienced in the process of utilizing health services, 2) Burden of care, 3) Coming out of the shell: The school process, and 4) Environmental and social perspective.
CONCLUSIONS
Mothers carried the burden of food allergy management during the school process, and the increased burden of care negatively impacted mothers emotionally, physically, and socially. Also, mothers were anxious about the safety of their school-age children with food allergies and their experiences with school administration, teachers, and other parents made it difficult for food allergy management in the school environment.
CLINICAL RELEVANCE
Children with chronic health problems such as food allergies need to be closely monitored by a health professional in school to ensure their safety. Nurses have a pivotal role in supporting families to address their child's food allergies competently, hence fostering positive health outcomes. This study showed that there was a need for the development of school health policies to ensure the safety of children with food allergies and to reduce anxiety and care burden among mothers.
Topics: Child; Female; Humans; Quality of Life; Food Hypersensitivity; Parents; Mothers; Qualitative Research
PubMed: 37647789
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2023.08.022 -
The Journal of School Nursing : the... Jun 2024
Topics: Humans; Awards and Prizes; School Nursing; Writing; Periodicals as Topic
PubMed: 38557314
DOI: 10.1177/10598405241242207 -
Journal of the American Geriatrics... Aug 2023The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 awarded $500 million toward scaling "strike teams" to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within nursing...
BACKGROUND
The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 awarded $500 million toward scaling "strike teams" to mitigate the impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) within nursing homes. The Massachusetts Nursing Facility Accountability and Support Package (NFASP) piloted one such model during the first weeks of the pandemic, providing nursing homes financial, administrative, and educational support. For a subset of nursing homes deemed high-risk, the state offered supplemental, in-person technical infection control support.
METHODS
Using state death certificate data and federal nursing home occupancy data, we examined longitudinal all-cause mortality per 100,000 residents and changes in occupancy across NFASP participants and subgroups that varied in their receipt of the supplemental intervention.
RESULTS
Nursing home mortality peaked in the weeks preceding the NFASP, with a steeper increase among those receiving the supplemental intervention. There were contemporaneous declines in weekly occupancy. The potential for temporal confounding and differential selection across NFASP subgroups precluded estimation of causal effects of the intervention on mortality.
CONCLUSIONS
We offer policy and design suggestions for future strike team iterations that could inform the allocation of state and federal funding. We recommend expanded data collection infrastructure and, ideally, randomized assignment to intervention subgroups to support causal inference as strike team models are scaled under the direction of state and federal agencies.
Topics: Humans; COVID-19; Pandemics; Nursing Homes; Skilled Nursing Facilities; Infection Control
PubMed: 37218116
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International Journal of Environmental... May 2024In 2021, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) added "the impact of climate change on environmental and population health" into The Essentials: Core...
In 2021, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) added "the impact of climate change on environmental and population health" into The Essentials: Core Competencies for Professional Nursing Education. Presently, little guidance exists for nursing faculty new to climate education. The year prior, the Nurses Climate Challenge (NCC)-a campaign to educate 50,000 health professionals about health impacts of climate change-launched the School of Nursing Commitment through a series of focus groups and collaborative content development. With an aim of increasing access to knowledge and tools to support education about the health impacts of climate change, the NCC Commitment partners with nursing schools and provides a community of practice. Partner schools use NCC resources in courses and report the number of students educated. Within three years, 61 nursing schools in 30 states joined the Commitment. Participants included academic health centers, research institutions, multi-state schools, and small private colleges, and programs ranged from AD to PhD. Faculty (1) integrated resources into didactic and clinical settings, such as population or organ-system content, leadership, and policy; and (2) used resources to support assignments. In four years, faculty reported educating over 37,700 students, using NCC resources in 439 educational sessions. The Commitment may be valuable for faculty fulfilling AACN Essentials by bringing climate change to the classroom, community, and bedside. Furthermore, the Commitment may be a replicable model for health professional education and inspiring action on climate change.
Topics: Climate Change; Faculty, Nursing; Humans; Education, Nursing; Schools, Nursing; Curriculum; United States
PubMed: 38791803
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph21050589