The Impact School Nursing Has on School Performance and Child Well-Being

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE
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Impact of School Nursing on School Performance and Child Well Being
School nurse associates have the capacity to provide several opportunities and interventions for children. The school nurse plays a significant role in supporting educational achievement among children through the promotion of children's attendance in institutions of learning (Avery, et.al.2013). This is established in the fact that school nurse roles have expanded to include the management of chronic diseases among children, surveillance and assessment of behavioral health, health education and emergency preparedness among children. In this case, it is important to establish the school nursing role impacts the health and school attendance of children in achieving their academic success.
It is additionally important to ascertain that families are bound to face several barriers in accessing adequate health for their children, an aspect that includes availability, accessibility and affordability. On the other hand, these parents may fear the loss of their jobs in instances where they are required to attend to their children’s medical appointments, an aspect that results in the abandonment of chronic conditions and illnesses (Leaver, 2014). In this case, school nurses to children increase their access to medical homes with the aim of offering comprehensive care and public health functions that include obesity prevention and immunization.
Research Competencies to a School Nurse Personality
The element of research design to a school nurse remains essential in aiding these personnel’s to access programs that provide varied opportunities that require them to reflect, evaluate, and implement the basics of theory and evidence based practices in relation to school nursing (Leaver, 2014). Through research competency, school nurses are in a position to establish different research theories and their relationships to the student’s health wellness, student’s achievements, and community health.
In this case, it is imperative to determine that the core of research competency is aimed at enabling school nurses to gain an understanding on the essence of evidence based practice in their areas of work (Kepes, et.al.2014). School nurses through the use of research comp...