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The School
Nurse site is a Web resource for nurses and other
health professionals who are concerned with providing
a safe and healthy school environment. Nurses can register
for a free weekly e-mail newsletter that provides the
latest in school health information.
The weekly "School Nurse-Zine" offers an
e-mail update that covers a single topic of interest
to school nurses, and topics vary from clinical developments
to administrative and legal issues. The school nurse
archive provides an alphabetized library of articles
and past issues from the "School Health Alert"
newsletter.
In a nutshell
The National
Association of School Nurses Web site offers links
and resources for school nurses. The mission of the
association is "to advance the delivery of professional
school health services to promote optimal learning in
students." It was organized in 1979 and has more
than 11,000 members. The group provides professional
certification and credentialing for school nurses. Information
about studying and testing for certification is available
on the site.
Members of the association can join other school nurses
for Internet discussions and read The Journal of School
Nursing online.
Now hear this
The
National Association of School Nurses for the Deaf
was founded in 1992 as a resource for nurses who work
with deaf students. Through its Web site, the group
provides an opportunity for nurses who work with the
deaf to network and meet.
A more general site with resources for nurses, parents
and children with disabilities is the Band-Aids and
Blackboards site. This site was developed by Joan Fleitas,
Ed.D., RN, and provides easy-to-read resources for children
growing up with a medical problem and those who support
them.
Make no mistake
In 1999, the Institute of Medicine released a report
estimating that as many as 98,000 patients die each
year as the result of medical errors in hospitals. After
that report was issued, a federal initiative was launched
in an attempt to reduce medical errors and improve patient
safety.
The
Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality was formed to support, conduct
and disseminate research to improve health care outcomes.
This site contains press releases, speeches, legislative
testimony, fact sheets and quality guidelines for health
care safety and a link to the Morbidity and Mortality
weekly rounds.
Health hazards
The
Healthy School Environments Web page, part of the
federal Environmental Protection Agency site, provides
a list of online resources to help school nurses and
parents become educated about environmental health issues
in our schools. The site reports that 53 million children
and 3 million adults spend a significant portion of
their day in 112,000 public and private school buildings,
many of which are old and inadequately maintained.
Visitors can browse the site for information either
by geographic area or topic. Topics include ventilation,
asthma, chemicals, pest management, radon, asbestos,
drinking water and recycling.
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