{"title":"The Role of the School Nurse in Addressing Climate-Associated Illnesses: Mental Well-being.","authors":"Sarah Oerther, Amy Berkley, Chuntana Reangsing","doi":"10.1177/1942602X231214264","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X231214264","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Human health is being impacted by anthropogenic (human-made) climate change. This article describes four ways that climate change may affect mental well-being in school-age children. First, natural disasters-such as more frequent and intense tornadoes and flash floods-may have a direct influence on mental well-being by contributing to acute anxiety and distress. Second, indirect effects of severe weather-including changes in social support systems-may affect mental well-being by increasing isolation. Third, children may suffer feelings of anxiety or depression if they perceive a sense of powerlessness to solve the challenges of a changing climate. Finally, school nurses need to be aware of the emergence of correlations-such as data that suggest increases in temperature may influence the use of inpatient mental health services and suicidal ideations-that require further scientific exploration. This article aims to increase school nurses' understanding of how climate changes may impact the mental well-being of school-age children and to provide strategies for creating a safe, healthy learning environment. This article is the fourth in a series aimed at raising awareness among school nurses about climate-associated illnesses and equipping them with the resources they need to protect school-age children's health.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"296-300"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138499729","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of the School Nurse in Social-Emotional Assessment and Intervention Using the MTSS Framework.","authors":"Megan Lytle, Wendy Rau, Sara Stoner","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241240499","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X241240499","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mental health needs in school are increasing and can affect every student. School nurses are in a perfect position to support social-emotional learning and implement coping strategies to aid in student success. This article features the implementation of social-emotional interventions in the school health office for all students using the multitiered systems of support (MTSS) framework. MTSS is an evidence-based framework that integrates prevention and tiered intervention with data-based problem-solving to meet the academic and behavioral needs of students. Through a tiered approach, all students receive the support they need to understand their emotions, recognize how strong emotions affect physical health, and how to cope. Because maladaptive coping can have an adverse effect on academics, social-emotional wellness is essential for students to be healthy, safe, and ready to learn.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"306-314"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140869705","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Whole Child.","authors":"Catherine F Yonkaitis","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241294030","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X241294030","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":"39 6","pages":"285"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142628812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Dissociative Identity Disorder in Schools Part I.","authors":"Kathryn Kieran, Brenna Morse, Allison Margolis","doi":"10.1177/1942602X231223938","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X231223938","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dissociation is a normal life adaptation that can become pronounced and disruptive in the setting of repeated or extreme exposure to trauma. Children and adolescents may experience dissociation due to a trauma or stressor-related disorder, anxiety, or depressive disorders. Children and adolescents also may mimic behavior they see online as a way of expressing internally painful and intolerable experiences. Myth and misinformation surround the diagnosis of dissociative identity disorder (DID), formerly multiple personality disorder. The purpose of this article is to provide school nurses with evidence-based information on DID and resources for practice regarding how to provide a secure, consistent approach to students who are being traumatized, misunderstood, or excluded at home or at school. Part 1 of this two-part series describes DID foundations and DID in school-aged children, reviews controversy spurred by social media representation, and presents the Trauma-Informed Care (TIC) model. TIC offers useful perspectives regardless of a student's presentation or diagnostic status. Part 2 will discuss recommendations for managing dissociative presentations using a team-based approach, focusing on the school nurse's roles and responsibilities.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"316-322"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139513648","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Emotional Health Assessment in Students With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.","authors":"Jessica Barnes, Brenna Morse","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241291583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X241291583","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are likely to experience psychiatric symptoms, like depression, anxiety, and distress, throughout their lifetime. Due to communication differences and minimal use of specialized diagnostic assessments for anxiety and depression, emotional pain can often be overlooked or underestimated in students with IDD. This is often complicated by atypical presentations of anxiety and depression, such as externalized aggression, self-injurious behaviors, or other behavioral dysregulation, that can indicate emotional distress, physical pain, or other medical complications. School nurses play an important role in assessing for emotional and physical pain in students with IDD using assessment tools currently available and clinical judgment. Tools that have been created for use in this population may account for the diversity of communication, sensory, and developmental differences in students with IDD. Through leading education and advocacy for the interprofessional school team, school nurses can increase the access that students with IDD have to equitable emotional health evaluations and services. School nurses can also promote emotional wellness for students with IDD through the incorporation of mindful and community activities in the care plan.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":"39 6","pages":"289-295"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142628649","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Elevating the Role of School Nurses in School-Based Mental and Behavioral Health: A Consensus Document.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241295803","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X241295803","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>School nurses are members of the school-based mental and behavioral health support team. This consensus document was developed by school nurses and school nurse leaders in collaboration with leaders from national associations and organizations with a vested interest in K-12 mental and behavioral health. The document is also publicly available on the National Association of School Nurses website.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":"39 6","pages":"301-304"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11562282/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142628634","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"School Nurses: The Sentinels of Mental and Behavioral Health for Schools.","authors":"Kate King","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241286908","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X241286908","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"286-288"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142394072","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Individualized Healthcare Plans: A School Nurse Primer.","authors":"Jeanie M Bochenek, Carol Schaumleffel","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241293103","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X241293103","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>\u0000 <i>According to the 2017 U.S. Census, 74.3 million children younger than 18 years of age live in the United States. Of this group, 14.6 million children and adolescents have special health care needs or a chronic illness. Students who attend school with complex health conditions, including mental and physical diagnoses, require comprehensive planning by a professional school nurse. School nurses should write an individualized healthcare plan (IHP) for these students. An IHP is written by the school nurse in collaboration with the parent/guardians, student, and health care providers. This plan serves as a tool to guide health care for a student throughout the school day and in mandated school-sponsored events.</i>\u0000 </p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X241293103"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142559082","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Classroom Toileting: A Collaborative Effort.","authors":"Jill Tourtual","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241274714","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X241274714","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Developmental norms suggest that children are ready for toilet training between the ages of 18 and 24 months; however, many children now enter school without this self-care skill. Many factors can contribute to delayed toilet training including child readiness, developmental disabilities, poverty, lower parental education levels, and higher rates of single and teen-aged parents who may lack parenting skills including toilet training. Most children enroll in a kindergarten program at 5 years of age. Because children will be accepted to kindergarten regardless of toilet training status, schools need to be ready for children who lack this self-care skill. Although school staff are willing to support these children, the main purpose of school is education. The school nurse can take an active role in classroom toileting programs by collaborating with school administrators, teachers, staff, and parents to promote successful toilet training and fostering a healthy learning environment.</p>","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"1942602X241274714"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-10-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142548149","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Five Questions With NASN CEO Terri Hinkley, EdD, MBA, BScN, RN, CAE.","authors":"Catherine F Yonkaitis","doi":"10.1177/1942602X241267840","DOIUrl":"10.1177/1942602X241267840","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39156,"journal":{"name":"NASN school nurse (Print)","volume":" ","pages":"237-239"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142082096","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}