Janice Selekman, Editor
Here is the only text of its kind developed by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN), the recognized authority on school-age children and school health issues.
Living up to its name, School Nursing highlights the role of the school nurse in coordinating a comprehensive school health program. The text addresses the best practices to care for children while in school, and how the school nurse can be a vital link in the clinical management of child healthcare.
With an up-to-date, practical and common sense based approach that can be applied to various schools across the United States, School Nursing is a valuable resource for both the novice and experienced nurse alike.
The only school health book on the market that includes it all:
- Foundations
- Roles and Functions
- Legal Concerns
- The Well Child
- The Child with Episodic Illness
- The Child with Chronic Conditions
- Acting Out and High Risk Behaviors
- Managing a School Health Program
Key Features:
- Written and edited by school nurse and pediatric experts, who provide evidence-based research and policy statements
- Discusses essential components of providing health care services to all school age children and staff
- Addresses the issues of the current work environment as well as the care of the variety of disorders and conditions in today’s schools
- Covers contemporary legal issues and information on delivering services in compliance with the Individuals for Disabilities Education Act
- Emphasizes the clinical application of up-to-date, evidence-based, Pediatric, Mental Health and Public Health nursing as it relates to providing care in the schools
- Offers strategies for enhancing the school nurse’s ability to take a leadership role in impacting all school health programs
- Discusses violence in schools and caring for students after a disaster
- Multiple uses as a classroom text for undergraduate and graduate students, as well as students taking certification programs