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School Health Nursing: Framework for the Future Part IICarol C. Costante, RN, MA, NCSN, FNASN, is a past president of the National Association of School Nurses. She is supervisor of school nursing with the Baltimore County Public Schools, MD The relative prestige that school health nursing currently enjoys provides a positive climate in which to advance this nursing specialty. To fully capture this advantage, the profession and its practitioners need to address some practice issues while reinforcing its community-based influence on the health and educational success of Americas school-age children. Part I of this series addressed the societal environment in which school nursing finds itself, the factors that support school health nursing programs, and the need to develop new and expanded partnerships. Part II speaks to the professional, practice, and management issues facing school nurses and offers strategies for creating a solid framework in the 21st century.
Key Words: future issues nursing practice school health services school nursing trends
The Journal of School Nursing, Vol. 17, No. 2,
64-72 (2001) |
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