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An Appraisal of School Nurse Health Services and Programs in North Carolina Public Schools, 2006-2016.

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Best, NC; Nichols, AO; Oppewal, S; Pierre-Louis, B; Waller, AE; Zomorodi, M; Travers, D
Published in: The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
June 2021

School nurses are instrumental in delivering health services to children in schools. This study addresses the gap in school nurse health services data, examining patterns in health services and programs provided by school nurses between 2006 and 2016 for students in North Carolina public schools. This study focused on services and programs related to asthma and diabetes, two health conditions that affect millions of children in the United States. Over 1.46 million children attend North Carolina public schools. In 2006, the average school nurse-to-student ratio was 1:1,340. By 2016, the average school nurse-to-student ratio decreased to 1:1,086, a 19% improvement. Over the 10-year study time period, there were statistically significant increases in the rate of occurrence of all health conditions that students received health services for (p < .001), asthma (p < .001), type I diabetes (p = .0003), orders for all health-care procedures (p = .01), all school nurse-led health counseling (p = .004), and diabetes health counseling (p < .01).

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The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1546-8364

ISSN

1059-8405

Publication Date

June 2021

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

146 / 156

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Students
  • Schools
  • School Nursing
  • School Health Services
  • Nursing
  • North Carolina
  • Humans
  • Child
  • 4205 Nursing
 

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Best, N. C., Nichols, A. O., Oppewal, S., Pierre-Louis, B., Waller, A. E., Zomorodi, M., & Travers, D. (2021). An Appraisal of School Nurse Health Services and Programs in North Carolina Public Schools, 2006-2016. The Journal of School Nursing : The Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses, 37(3), 146–156. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519899439
Best, Nakia C., Ann O. Nichols, Sonda Oppewal, Bosny Pierre-Louis, Anna E. Waller, Meg Zomorodi, and Debbie Travers. “An Appraisal of School Nurse Health Services and Programs in North Carolina Public Schools, 2006-2016.The Journal of School Nursing : The Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses 37, no. 3 (June 2021): 146–56. https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519899439.
Best NC, Nichols AO, Oppewal S, Pierre-Louis B, Waller AE, Zomorodi M, et al. An Appraisal of School Nurse Health Services and Programs in North Carolina Public Schools, 2006-2016. The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. 2021 Jun;37(3):146–56.
Best, Nakia C., et al. “An Appraisal of School Nurse Health Services and Programs in North Carolina Public Schools, 2006-2016.The Journal of School Nursing : The Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses, vol. 37, no. 3, June 2021, pp. 146–56. Epmc, doi:10.1177/1059840519899439.
Best NC, Nichols AO, Oppewal S, Pierre-Louis B, Waller AE, Zomorodi M, Travers D. An Appraisal of School Nurse Health Services and Programs in North Carolina Public Schools, 2006-2016. The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses. 2021 Jun;37(3):146–156.
Journal cover image

Published In

The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1546-8364

ISSN

1059-8405

Publication Date

June 2021

Volume

37

Issue

3

Start / End Page

146 / 156

Related Subject Headings

  • United States
  • Students
  • Schools
  • School Nursing
  • School Health Services
  • Nursing
  • North Carolina
  • Humans
  • Child
  • 4205 Nursing