TY - JOUR PY - 2016// TI - School nurses on the front lines of medicine: When student heads collide: managing head injuries in the school setting JO - NASN school nurse A1 - Olympia, Robert P. SP - 25 EP - 29 VL - 32 IS - 1 N2 - Head trauma is a common chief complaint encountered by school nurses. This article describes the initial assessment and management of head trauma in children and adolescents, delineates reasons that may prompt the school nurse to transfer a student to a local emergency department, and discusses the role of the school nurse when a student is diagnosed with a concussion.

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LA - en SN - 1942-602X UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1942602X16665219 ID - ref1 ER -