Citation

Silver R. J. Sch. Nurs. 1999; 15(2): 28-31.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1999, National Association of School Nurses, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

10418429

Abstract

A serious illness, injury, or other medical emergency in a student while in school can be upsetting to school staff not accustomed to such situations. A healthcare emergency in a special health needs child in one school district prompted a nurse and a building principal to develop a protocol which would enable school staff to effectively assist the nurse in the event of a student emergency. The plan involved training school personnel to assist the nurse and the administrator in tasks such as answering and monitoring telephones, serving as a runner, controlling unnecessary traffic into the nurse's office, and passing clean supplies to the nurse.

Language: en