{"title":"The Role of the School Nurse in Suicide Interventions: An Integrative Review","authors":"Mitzi C. Pestaner, Deborah E. Tyndall, S. Powell","doi":"10.1177/1059840519889679","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519889679","url":null,"abstract":"Suicide rates among children and adolescents have continued to rise over the past decade indicating the need for school-based suicide prevention programs. School nurses (SNs) are well positioned to assist in assessment, early identification, and intervention of at-risk students. This integrative review aimed to (1) critically examine the role of the SN in school-based suicide interventions, (2) explore potential barriers preventing the SN from participating in suicide interventions, and (3) recommend strategies to build capacity for principles of school nursing practice in suicide intervention. The National Association of School Nurses’ Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice was used to categorize interventions and outcomes related to suicide prevention. Findings demonstrate a lack of reported nursing interventions directly linked to student outcomes and suggest obscurity in the role of the SN. Recommendations for future research and strategies to build capacity for principles of school nursing practice are provided.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"11 1","pages":"41 - 50"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73349217","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":"Use of Licensed Vocational Nurses in California Schools: A Descriptive Study","authors":"Rachel McClanahan, P. Weismuller, Sandra Johnson","doi":"10.1177/1059840519887413","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519887413","url":null,"abstract":"The demand for schools to provide complex health-care services for students with chronic conditions has induced districts to hire licensed vocational nurses (LVNs). Questions remain about how overlapping responsibilities and skills of nursing staff works to facilitate care. The purpose of this mixed-methods descriptive study was to examine the use of LVNs to identify factors related to the supports and impediments to school nurse (SN) practice. The sample consisted of members of the California School Nurse Organization, and methodologies consisted of an online survey and one-on-one interviews. LVNs perform duties within their scope of practice, allowing SNs time for activities related to the Framework for 21st Century School Nursing PracticeTM, confirming appropriate use, and alignment with National Association of School Nurses guidance on the utilization of LVNs. Identified areas of concern included role definition and orientation and supervision of the LVN. Insights into best practices for the effective addition of the LVN to the team are provided.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"58 1","pages":"431 - 440"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"85113679","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}
S. Ailey, E. Robin, P. Martyn-Nemeth, Jennifer S. Sherry, M. ALBashtawy, Robin S. Everhart, Erin D. Maughan, M. Simmer-Beck, V. Allison, Michelle Ficca, Ellen M. McCabe, Carolyn Smith, Laura Anderson, M. Foley, A. McCarthy, Laureen H Smith, Kathleen Andresen, M. Gapinski, Rachel McClanahan, Sharla A. Smith, R. Apple, M. Ann, Susan McClendon, M. Snyder, M. Armstrong
{"title":"The Journal of School Nursing Reviewer Recognition","authors":"S. Ailey, E. Robin, P. Martyn-Nemeth, Jennifer S. Sherry, M. ALBashtawy, Robin S. Everhart, Erin D. Maughan, M. Simmer-Beck, V. Allison, Michelle Ficca, Ellen M. McCabe, Carolyn Smith, Laura Anderson, M. Foley, A. McCarthy, Laureen H Smith, Kathleen Andresen, M. Gapinski, Rachel McClanahan, Sharla A. Smith, R. Apple, M. Ann, Susan McClendon, M. Snyder, M. Armstrong","doi":"10.1177/1059840519883472","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519883472","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"41 1","pages":"462 - 462"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77958883","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":"Climate Change, School Health and School Nursing: A Call to Action","authors":"J. Cowell","doi":"10.1177/1059840519883469","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519883469","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"34 1","pages":"394 - 394"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80121201","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":"Characteristics of Canadian Youth Adhering to Physical Activity and Screen Time Recommendations","authors":"C. Fitzpatrick, R. Burkhalter, M. Asbridge","doi":"10.1177/1059840519881185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519881185","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of the study was to describe adherence to screen time (ST) and physical activity (PA) recommendations among Canadian youth. The present study was based on a representative sample of Canadian students from Grades 7 through 12 (N = 47,203). ST and PA as well as demographic (gender, ethnicity, grade, and province of residence) and individual (alcohol, tobacco and cannabis usage, school connectedness) correlates were self-reported by youth. In total, 49.2% (99% confidence interval [CI] = [46.3%, 52.2%]) of participants respected none of the recommendations, while 40.2% (99% CI [37.0%, 43.3%]) and 20.8% (99% CI [19.2%, 22.4%]) respected PA or ST recommendations, respectively. In terms of the correlates of health-related behavior, White ethnicity, alcohol use, and feeling more connected to school were positively correlated with adherence. Attending school in Quebec and smoking cannabis increased risk of poor compliance. The present findings may help the design of school-based health promotion strategies designed to increase PA and reduce ST.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"30 1","pages":"421 - 430"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84554954","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":"A Model for Developing Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines for School Nursing","authors":"R. Shannon, Erin D. Maughan","doi":"10.1177/1059840519880938","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519880938","url":null,"abstract":"School nurses need evidence-based clinical practice guidelines (CPGs) to provide quality care for students with special health-care needs. However, a gap analysis revealed a paucity of rigorous school nursing CPGs. To fill this gap, a Model for Developing Evidence-based Clinical Practice Guidelines for School Nursing (School Nursing CPG Model) was designed under the auspices of the National Association of School Nurses to offer school nurse scholars, school health leaders, and pediatric clinical experts a standardized structure and systematic process to create rigorous evidence-based CPGs. The aim is to employ the School Nursing CPG Model to build a repository of CPGs that are projected to improve the quality of school nursing practice, thereby improving health and educational outcomes for students with special health-care needs. The School Nursing CPG Model is anticipated to apply to CPG development for other nursing specialties.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"19 1","pages":"415 - 422"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80761595","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}
D. Davis, Erin D. Maughan, K. White, Margaret Slota
{"title":"School Nursing for the 21st Century: Assessing Scope of Practice in the Current Workforce","authors":"D. Davis, Erin D. Maughan, K. White, Margaret Slota","doi":"10.1177/1059840519880605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519880605","url":null,"abstract":"A gap analysis was used to examine the scope of school nursing practice in the United States. An investigator-developed 39-item self-assessment survey of scope of school nursing practice was modified from an existing validated tool, organized around the five principles of the National Association of School Nurses’ Framework: Standards of Practice, Quality Improvement, Care Coordination, Community/Public Health, and Leadership and also explored barriers to practice. The survey was sent to a national convenience sample of practicing school nurses. The survey was completed by 3,108 practicing school nurses. Gaps were identified for all principles and were greatest for Quality Improvement and Community/Public Health practice. All practice items were rated more important than the ability to practice that item (p < .001). Self-identified barriers including workload, school/district expectations, and state regulations accounted for significant variances in practice across four of five principles (p < .05, p < .001). Recommendations include support for population-focused evidence–based school nursing practice.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"10 1","pages":"374 - 386"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"88483426","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}
Åse Sagatun, L. G. Kvarme, Nina Misvær, M. Myhre, L. Valla, S. Holen
{"title":"Evaluating a Web-Based Health-Promoting Dialogue Tool in School Health Services: Feasibility and User Experiences","authors":"Åse Sagatun, L. G. Kvarme, Nina Misvær, M. Myhre, L. Valla, S. Holen","doi":"10.1177/1059840519879489","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519879489","url":null,"abstract":"Adolescence is a sensitive period in life and a time to redefine and learn new skills. In Norway, school health services provide individual health-promoting consultations with all eighth-grade students. As an aid to support these consultations, a dialogue tool called SchoolHealth was developed using a co-creation approach. SchoolHealth consists of a web-based health information form designed to be completed by the students and generates individual feedback reports to help the school nurses to prepare for the consultation and tailor it to the individual student’s need. Our aims were to evaluate the feasibility and user experiences of SchoolHealth among students and school nurses using a mixed methods approach. A total of 79 eighth-grade students (69% of those invited) and four school nurses from three schools participated. Analyses indicated that SchoolHealth was feasible, promoted reflection among students, and helped prepare students and school nurses for the consultation.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"2 1","pages":"363 - 373"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-10-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87559417","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}
Ellen M. McCabe, C. McDonald, C. Connolly, T. Lipman
{"title":"Factors Associated With School Nurses’ Self-Efficacy in Provision of Asthma Care and Performance of Asthma Management Behaviors","authors":"Ellen M. McCabe, C. McDonald, C. Connolly, T. Lipman","doi":"10.1177/1059840519878866","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519878866","url":null,"abstract":"Asthma is a chronic disease affecting nearly 6 million children in the United States and accounts for nearly 14 million missed school days. School nurses’ performance of asthma management behaviors (AMBs) may reduce exacerbations, thereby decreasing emergency visits and hospitalizations and increasing attendance at school. Self-efficacy can have a positive effect on AMBs. More research is needed on the interplay between environmental factors in school nurses’ work setting, self-efficacy in providing asthma care (hereafter “self-efficacy in asthma care”), and performance of AMBs. This study used a descriptive cross-sectional online survey design with practicing registered school nurses in Pennsylvania (N = 231). Data analysis included descriptive statistics, correlation tests, and multiple regression. In separate models, self-efficacy in asthma care and student–nurse ratio were significantly associated with performance of AMBs. Schools and school nurses need stronger efforts to strengthen self-efficacy in asthma care, with the goal of increasing nurses’ performance of AMBs.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"6 1","pages":"353 - 362"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90916894","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":"School Nurse Cultural Competency Development Using the National CLAS Standards: A Quality Improvement Project","authors":"Stacey R Hurrell, Tara L Cliff, C. Robertson","doi":"10.1177/1059840519877436","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/1059840519877436","url":null,"abstract":"As numbers of culturally diverse students rise, struggles with language, cultural differences, and health care create challenges for school nurses. The focus of this quality improvement project was to utilize the National Standards for Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services (CLAS) as a framework to initiate cultural competency development among school nurses. Eighteen public school nurses attended programming that began with the webinar “CLAS is in Session,” an introduction to the standards as applicable to school nursing practice. Outcome measures included self-report of cultural awareness and sensitivity (CAS) and culturally competent behaviors (CCB). A greater percentage of nurses reported feeling “somewhat competent” after program completion, though CAS and CCB scores did not significantly change. Despite lack of measurable improvement in CCB, implementation of the CLAS Standards created an important starting point for CC programming.","PeriodicalId":77407,"journal":{"name":"The Academic nurse : the journal of the Columbia University School of Nursing","volume":"889 1","pages":"532 - 541"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86323260","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}