F.A. Davis Company

Awarded a 2012 AJN Book of the Year Award!

The only text endorsed by the National Association of School Nurses (NASN) and winner of an AJN Book-of-the-Year Award is now in its 2nd Edition!

Inside, you’ll find comprehensive coverage of the multiple facets of school nursing—from the foundations of practice and the roles and functions of a school nurse through episodic and chronic illness and behavioral issues, to legal issues and leading and managing within school settings.

Written and edited by school nurses and pediatric experts, it features real-world-tested, best practices based on evidence and experience. There’s content here that you won’t find in other books, such as health assessments, individualized health plan development, mental health conditions including adolescent depression, contemporary legal issues, and current policy statements essential to school nursing.

• Covers all aspects of the delivery of healthcare services to school-age children, adolescents and staff.
• Illustrates the role of the school nurse as a vital link in the clinical management of child health care.
• Integrates components of the school health program throughout the text.
• Offers strategies for enhancing the school nurse’s ability to take a leadership role in all school health programs.
• Provides information comprehensive enough to be applied in college health settings.
• Emphasizes clinical application of up-to-date, evidence-based pediatric, mental health and public health nursing as they relate to providing care in schools.
• Functions as an excellent resource for orientation to the role of the school nurse, and for one-day in-service or continuing education programs.

1. The Profession of School Nursing
   1. Historical Perspectives of School Nursing
   2. The Profession of School Nursing
   3. Standards of Practice
   4. Theories and Models of School Nursing Practice
   5. The School Nurse’s Role as Health Educator
   6. The School Nurse's Role in Research and the Development of Evidence-Based Practice
   7. Collaboration with the Community
2. The Legal Foundations for School Nursing
   8. Legal Issues Related to School Nursing Practice: The Foundation
   9. Legislation Affecting School Nurses
   10. Federal Laws Protecting Children and Youth with Disabilities in the Schools
   11. Student Health and Education Plans
3. Understanding Children and Families
   12. Demographics of Children and Adolescents
   13. Growth and Development: Preschool Through Adolescence
   14. The Student's Family
   15. Cultural Competence in Professional School Nursing Practice
4. Health Promotion/Disease Prevention/Acute Care
   16. Promoting Health at School
   17. Disease Prevention
   18. Acute Measures for Emergent Problems
   19. Common Complaints
   20. Athlete Health Promotion
   21. Skin Disorders
5. Children with Chronic Conditions
   22. Children with Chronic Conditions
   23. Allergy
   24. Asthma
   25. Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities
   26. Diabetes Management in the School Setting
   27. Intellectual Disabilities
   28. Mental Health Concerns
   29. Overweight Children: Making a Difference
   30. Seizures and Epilepsy
   31. Skills Needed by Children Who Are Technology Dependent
6. The Behavior of Children and Adolescents
   32. Behavior Assessment and Management in School
   33. Youth Violence
   34. High-Risk Behaviors
   35. Pregnant and Parenting Teens
7. School Health Management
   36. Health Services Management
   37. Emergency Management, Crisis Response, and the School Nurse’s Role
   38. Budgeting and Accessing Funding
   39. Health Promotion and Disease Prevention for School Personnel
   40. Staff Management