As childhood obesity has increased, schools have struggled with their role in this epidemic. Parents with a school-age child in a suburban latchkey program were surveyed regarding their perceptions of childhood obesity, body mass index, and the school's role in prevention and treatment of obesity. More than 80% of participants identified…

The purpose of this study was to determine school nurses' knowledge of state and school district policies, their experience regarding the administration of rectal diazepam gel in the school, and the perceived benefits and barriers of providing this treatment. Four hundred nineteen nurses responded to a survey conducted during the National…

An increasing number of students are taking medications while they are in school or are under the influence of medication during school hours. In a novel effort, clinical pharmacists and mental health therapists worked together to provide "mini-in-service" educational programs on psychological disorders and medications used to treat…

Presented before the General Session, American College Health Association, Forty-sixth Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, MinnesOta, May 3, 1968.

The role of the public health nurse as part of the multidisciplinary team serving the handicapped child is discussed. Seven components of the special education process in which public health nurses are sharing a role are outlined: early identification and assessment of disabilities, health appraisals, referrals, interpretation of the handicap to…

This booklet describes a pilot project, sponsored by the American Association for Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, which developed a curriculum for school nurses. The plan for the project emphasizes a) the development of a curriculum to introduce registered nurses to school nursing; b) provision for a workshop to test the curriculum…

It is indicated that the workshop was prompted by uneasiness among nurses about the impact of what they were doing (including the detection of symptoms as psychosomatic or real) by their requests for aid in improving their interviewing and counseling skills. The report states that the emphasis was on modern concepts in psychiatry and psychiatric…

School nurses can provide effective mental health services in settings where diagnostic and counseling services are not otherwise available. They are particularly suited to this task because of their training and experience with the systematic approach to data collection using the model of medical history taking. (JD)

School health projects allow school nurses to provide information, to test new program components, and to address short-term health needs. This article discusses planning and evaluating projects in the school setting. Types of evaluation and choosing the appropriate type are considered. (Author/MT)

This manual is intended to provide the school nurse, school staff, school administration, and parents with a general understanding of the legal and nursing considerations and responsibilities that accompany delegation of nursing tasks in the school setting. With the increased need for health services in school, nurses are increasingly using the…

For more than a decade, researchers, and increasingly the public, have focused on childhood overweight as a personal and public health problem. As the number of children who are overweight has continued to grow, consensus has emerged that schools, as the places where children spend much of their time, have a critical role to play in reversing this…

The author relates the experience of a high school with a pregnancy testing program. The most positive aspects of the program accrue from the fact that it permits followup by the nurse and school personnel of those girls continuing their pregnancies, and the reassurance that all possible alternatives to pregnancy and motherhood were explored…

This paper outlines hearing loss in children in terms of type, etiology, socioeducational effect, and methods of differentiation of these types from the perspective of the school nurse teacher. The source of information, when not otherwise noted, is data obtained on 2,386 school-age children seen by the author on the Ithaca College Mobile…