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J Denehy

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PubMed2001

Health education: an important role for school nurses.

Health education is an important, yet challenging and time-consuming, nursing intervention. It is one of the most important tools school nurses have in teaching students, families, and staff about health. To be effective health educators, nurses need skills in planning and implementing attractive and effective programs to students. They also need to develop skills in evaluating the effectiveness of their efforts to emphasize the impact school nursing can have on the health of children. This editorial highlights the school nurse's role in health education in schools and gives a brief overview of the health education process. Health education provides many opportunities for school nurses to reach out in new and creative ways to students in their quest to promote health and success in the school environment.

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PubMed1999

Nursing interventions used in school nursing practice.

School nurses need to define clearly their practice and identify the interventions they provide to students, families, and school employees. The purpose of this research was to identify which nursing interventions listed in Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC) are used by school nurses. Of the 174 surveys mailed to school nurses, 78 usable surveys were returned, representing a 45% return rate. Of the 433 NIC interventions, 114 were used by school nurses at least monthly, with 32 of these 114 interventions identified as being used at least once a week.

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PubMed1999

The use of standardized language in individualized healthcare plans.

The specialty of school nursing can benefit from the use of standardized language to communicate what school nurses do and to articulate their value during times of budget cuts and reduction of services. The use of a standardized language in IHPs is helpful in communicating with other health professionals and the educational team. The use of NANDA, NIC, and NOC assists school nurses in using a common language to describe what they do to meet student outcome goals. Linkages among NANDA, NIC, and NOC facilitate careful selection of appropriate interventions and outcomes. The diagnoses, interventions, and outcomes are coded and written in a manner that can be entered into computerized information systems--information needed for potential reimbursement. It also is essential that this information is entered into data bases that will tangibly demonstrate the contribution of school nurses to the health of the children they serve.

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PubMed1998

Integrating Nursing Outcomes Classification in nursing education.

The importance of standardized language to communicate the contribution of nursing to the health of patients is beginning to be recognized and embraced by the profession. As we move to make standardized language part of nursing practice, it is essential to reach nursing educators who prepare future generations of nurses for the practice realities of the next century. The Nursing Outcomes Classification (NOC) is a valuable tool in nursing education and needs to be integrated into the curriculum at all levels. The current emphasis on evidence-based practice demands that graduates have the skills and mechanisms to measure the outcomes of nursing care.

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