ERIC Number: EJ1434860
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024-Aug
Pages: 11
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ISSN: ISSN-1059-8405
EISSN: EISSN-1546-8364
School Nurse Practice: A Descriptive Spanish Study
Maddi Arrue-Gerra; Jaime Barrio-Cortes; Cristina María Lozano-Hernández; Jesús Ruiz-Janeiro; Cayetana Ruiz-Zaldibar; Monserrat Ruiz-López
Journal of School Nursing, v40 n4 p380-390 2024
This study aimed to describe the profile and practices of school nurses working at a network of educational centers in Spain. This was a descriptive study of the documented actions of 107 school nurses between September 2018 and June 2021 in 54 educational centers (55.6% private and 44.4% subsidized). The profile of the school nurses was young (average age 33.8 [standard deviation (SD) = 7.7] years) and predominantly female (91.6%) with a diverse and multidisciplinary education, primarily at the postgraduate level (specialized mainly in emergency care, nursing/school health, and pediatrics/neonatology). They carried out 256,499 interventions. The most frequent types of incidents they treated were accidents (30.4%) and disease-related episodes (22.2%). The interventions were usually brief (average time 7.7 min) and were resolved by the school nurse (99.1%), and the main recipients were students (87.3%). The highest incidence of interventions occurs during breaks between classes. Acute interventions occupied most of the school nurses' time, leaving little opportunity for health education (0.3%). School nurses played an important role in preserving and promoting the health of school populations and cost-savings to healthcare systems with the actions that they performed. Descriptions of these actions are essential when advocating for the continuation and expansion of school nursing services.
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, School Nurses, Profiles, Nursing, Role, School Health Services, Individual Characteristics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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