Framework for Nursing in Schools

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Framework for Nursing in Schools

• By
• Arlene Polet
• Dorothy Gair
• Project Nurses

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Policy Influence Currently Affecting School
Nursing

• Health
• Our National Health
• Nursing for Health
• Health for all Children (Prof .Hall.4th ed.)
• Child Health Support Group Template
• Walk the Talk

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Framework for Nursing in the School Environment

• Project Aims
• To develop a framework for practice for nursing
  in schools that will support the development of
  effective practice, contributing to the Scottish
  Executives commitment to a good start in life
  for all Scotlands people

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OBJECTIVES

• To explore current School Nursing practice and
  provision
• To identify and disseminate good practice in the
  field
• In light of current policy to set out a framework
  for future nursing practice in schools that will
  support the development of an effective service

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PROCESS

• Questionnaire to School Nurse Managers
• Focus Discussions with Groups of School Nurses
• Meetings with Key People
• Steering Group

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KEY FINDINGS

• Work Patterns
• Work Settings
• Core Work Patterns
• Public Health Nursing
• Health Promotion
• New Community Schools
• Future Direction of the Service

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MODEL OF PRACTICESTANDARDS

• Leadership
• Integration LHCC
• School Nursing Team
• Education Continuing Professional Development
• New Community Schools
• School Profiling
• Partnership Working

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MODEL OF PRACTICESTANDARDS

• Immunisations
• Children with Special Needs
• Vulnerable Children and Young People
• Child Protection
• Health Promotion