The Impact of School Nurses in Kentucky Public High Schools

Autor/inn/en	Darnell, Teena; Hager, Kathy; Loprinzi, Paul D.
Titel	The Impact of School Nurses in Kentucky Public High Schools
Quelle	In: Journal of School Nursing, 35 (2019) 6, S.434-441 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8405
DOI	10.1177/1059840518785954
Schlagwörter	School Nurses; Public Schools; High Schools; Graduation Rate; Attendance; Correlation; High School Students; Expenditure per Student; Gender Differences; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Institutionalized Persons; Correctional Institutions; College Entrance Examinations; Scores; Economic Impact; Kentucky; ACT Assessment + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Public school; Öffentliche Schule; High school; Oberschule; Anwesenheit; Korrelation; High schools; Student; Students; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Geschlechterkonflikt; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Jugendstrafvollzug; Aufnahmeprüfung; Ökonomische Determinanten; Assessment; Eignungsprüfung; Eignungstest; Hochschulzulassung
Abstract	The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between school nurse presence and graduation rates, absenteeism, and American College Test (ACT) scores. A state-wide survey of all public high schools was undertaken (participation rate of 99.1%). Survey data obtained from individual high schools provided information on the employment status of school nurses. In addition to nurse presence determined by the survey, open-access electronic databases were used to determine graduation rates, absenteeism, ACT scores, money spent per pupil, gender, race--ethnicity proportion, and incarceration data. Study findings showed a possible relationship between students attending schools with a full-time nurse and significantly higher graduation rates, lower absenteeism, and higher ACT scores. The study results suggest that school nurses may contribute not just to health outcomes but to improved academic and economic outcomes as well. Of course, future work is needed to confirm these assertions. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01