The role of school nurses in delivering accessible health services for primary and secondary school students in Hong Kong

Abstract

The findings provide relevant information for school nurse leaders and school nurse policy makers to understand how school nurses are practicing and promoting child and adolescent health services, which can inform regional and national policy and practice.

Parents' and teachers' expectations of school nurse roles: A scale development study

“…Recent research shows that the role of the SN has changed significantly. The complex and versatile role of the SN involves; developing and implementing a health plan; providing ongoing information on health by offering consultancy to students, parents and school staff for helping them solve health problems and acquire behaviors that assist them in maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and also informing them on how they can benefit from SHS [5], [6], promoting a healthy and safe environment for the students in order to prevent events involving violence and bullying [7]; maintaining coordination and inter-disciplinary co-operation among health professionals, students, parents, school executives, teachers and other school staff [6]; planning, implementing and monitoring of immunization services; and actively collaborating with others to build self-management, self-advocacy, and learning [7], [8]. These SN roles of being a care giver, coordinator, advocate, consultant, develop and promote quality standards, policy developer and liaison [7], [9], [10], [11] indicate the complexity and importance of this profession, yet all these functions support the facilitation of the educational process by improving and protecting the health status of children.…”

Adolescents’ evaluations of the quality of lifestyle counselling in school‐based health care

“…Nurses use verbal interaction approaches to promote adolescent's participation . Confidence , good interaction and a positive atmosphere are core elements of implementing good‐quality lifestyle counselling. If adolescents trust in school nurse, they are more likely to discuss about their risk behaviour and sensitive issues .…”

Health promotion interventions to prevent early childhood human influenza at the household level: a realist review to identify implications for programmes inHongKong

“…An individual's health is affected by multiple inter‐related physical and psychological factors, as well as their relationship with environmental attributions (Lohrmann , Chan , Lee ). Yearly, influenza epidemics can seriously affect all age groups, including those with developing and weakened immune systems such as young children, older people and those with chronic illness (WHO ).…”