School nursing : a comprehensive text / [edited by] Janice Selekman, Robin Adair Shannon, Catherine F. Yonkaitis.

Format Electronic
EditionThird edition.
PublicationPhiladelphia, PA : F.A. Davis Company, [2019]
Copyright Date©2019
Description1 online resource (xx, 988 pages) : illustrations
Supplemental ContentDirect link to eBook
Subjects

Other author/creatorSelekman, Janice, editor.
Other author/creatorShannon, Robin Adair, editor.
Other author/creatorYonkaitis, Catherine F., editor.
Other author/creatorNational Association of School Nurses (U.S.), issuing body.
Uniform titleSchool nursing (Selekman)
Contents Part I: The specialty practice of school nursing. Historical perspectives of school nursing -- The profession of school nursing -- Standards of school nursing practice -- Frameworks and models of school nursing practice -- The school nurse's role as health educator -- The school nurse's role in evidence-based practice, quality improvement, and research -- School nurse collaboration with community partners -- Part II: Legal foundations for school nursing. The law and school nursing practice -- Federal laws protecting students with disabilities -- Health and education plans for students with special healthcare needs -- Part III: Understanding students and families. Growth and development: preschool through adolescence -- The student's family -- Cultural congruence in school nursing practice -- Part IV: Health promotion/disease prevention/acute care in schools. Health promotion and screenings for school-age children -- Disease prevention in schools -- Students with common health complaints -- Health issues related to physical activity and athletics -- Skin disorders -- Students with acute illness and injury -- Emergency and disaster preparedness and response for schools -- Part V: Students with special healthcare needs. Students with chronic conditions -- Students with allergies -- Students with chronic respiratory conditions: asthma and cystic fibrosis -- Students with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder and specific learning disorders -- Students with diabetes -- Students with neurodevelopmental disorders: intellectual disabilities and autism -- Students who are overweight -- Students with seizures and epilepsy -- Students with other chronic conditions -- Students supported by medical technology -- Part VI: Student mental and behavioral health. Student behavior assessment and management -- Students with mental/behavioral health concerns and disorders -- Student victimization -- Students engaging in high-risk behaviors -- Students who are pregnant and parenting -- Part VII: School health management. School health office management -- Funding and budgeting for school health services -- Wellness promotion for school staff -- Management of school health staff.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 17, 2019).
Issued in other formPrint version: School nursing. Third edition. Philadelphia, PA : F.A. Davis Company, [2019] 9780803669017
LCCN 2018060263
ISBN9780803699199 electronic book
ISBN0803699190 electronic book

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