Health Issues in School Setting

[kinkin92]

Hello All,

I am writing a policy memo for my program. The community health setting is with special needs students. What are some issues facing this population?

The current topic I am looking at is the collaboration between school nurses and special education nurses. However, I am not finding much evidence regarding this topic so I am scoping out other issues that are pertinent and worth changing.

Your feedback is always appreciated.

Thank you.

[OldDude]

When I see "community health" and "collaboration" in the same post my eyes glaze over.

[Farawyn]

When I see "community health" and "collaboration" in the same post my eyes glaze over.

When you see Mermaids your eyes glaze over, too.

[OldDude]

When you see Mermaids your eyes glaze over, too.

Oh yea! But it's a different glaze:blink:

[Farawyn]

Hello All,

I am writing a policy memo for my program. The community health setting is with special needs students. What are some issues facing this population?

The current topic I am looking at is the collaboration between school nurses and special education nurses. However, I am not finding much evidence regarding this topic so I am scoping out other issues that are pertinent and worth changing.

Your feedback is always appreciated.

Thank you.

We don't have a separate Special Ed nurse. We are it. That's probably why you are not finding any info.

[WineRN]

Hello All,

I am writing a policy memo for my program. The community health setting is with special needs students. What are some issues facing this population?

The current topic I am looking at is the collaboration between school nurses and special education nurses. However, I am not finding much evidence regarding this topic so I am scoping out other issues that are pertinent and worth changing.

Your feedback is always appreciated.

Thank you.

It might be because I haven't finished my coffee yet, but I'm not sure what you are actually asking for.

Issues that are common with special needs students? Or examples on how traditional school nurses work with special education staff/nurses?

What kind of setting is your program in? Is it a school, community group or a housing community that serves special needs individuals? Are they physical or mental impairments or both?

I come from a DD nursing background, so I would love to give input once I know what you are looking for.

[iggywench, BSN, RN]

I work in a district with 59 schools. We have an RN at each campus, and one special ed nurse for the district. I call her once or twice a year to ask her to send someone to perform Plus Optix vision screening on my Life Skills students who don't know their alphabet to read the eye chart. I've also called her when I have a new special ed student at the beginning of the year with a procedure that I am not familiar with, and she will come and demonstrate that for me. Besides that, we do not have much interaction with her. She's a great resource; I just don't have that much of a need to utilize her.

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

When I see "community health" and "collaboration" in the same post my eyes glaze over.

Mine do on Fri night....might be my beverage of choice?

[peacockblue]

We do not have a special ed nurse. I didn't even know there was such a thing.

[ruby_jane, BSN, RN]

In our district we have some students who have a one-on-one nurse (they are that medically fragile). Some of those nurses are RNs, some LVNs. They only work in the one room where those students are and primarily work only with the student they're attached to. SO....not really any "collaboration." The SPED nurse attached to the vent-dependent student simply cannot function as anyone else's nurse (district liability).

SPED is a giant umbrella. One student can be on a vent and have a g-tube and another can have dyslexia - and they're both SPED. Not all SPED kids have nurses. I think the word you're looking for is medically fragile.

I'd advise you to pick another topic.