School nurses: Researcher and clinician collaborations to address paediatric health inequities
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2023-08-02
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Journal of Advanced Nursing
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School nurses are front-line paediatric public health providers who are eager and poised to address paediatric health inequities. They are tasked with remaining informed about current health issues (i.e. immunization updates, surges in emerging and reemerging illnesses, novel medications and side effects, etc.), but also the disparities that arise within different populations of students (Willgerodt et al., 2018). Further, school nurses are well-positioned to be advocates for the most vulnerable students at risk for health disparities and inequities. For example, school nurses are able to identify and advocate for students who experience food and housing insecurity, lack access to medical or dental care, and/or those who live in unstable or insecure environments (Gratz et al., 2021). School nurses bridge gaps that address lack of healthcare access for their students by making referrals to social workers, public health departments or statewide agencies. School nurses are truly community engaged—sharing with community members the top issues plaguing their students, as well as listening to and addressing priority health issues afflicting the community (Gratz et al., 2021; Willgerodt et al., 2018).
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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Covington, L.B., Hildick, H., Robinson, A., Pennington, M., Mansi, S., Ji, X., Strang, A., Rani, S., Robson, S., Lobo, M.A., Cuffee, Y., Selekman, J., Taherzadeh, S., Carroll, J., Covey, A., Murray, K., Zimmerman, C., Horney, J.A., Sowinski, C. and Patterson, F. (2023), School nurses: Researcher and clinician collaborations to address paediatric health inequities. J Adv Nurs. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15813, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15813. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions. This article may not be enhanced, enriched or otherwise transformed into a derivative work, without express permission from Wiley or by statutory rights under applicable legislation. Copyright notices must not be removed, obscured or modified. The article must be linked to Wiley’s version of record on Wiley Online Library and any embedding, framing or otherwise making available the article or pages thereof by third parties from platforms, services and websites other than Wiley Online Library must be prohibited. © 2023 John Wiley & Sons Ltd. This publication will be embargoed until 08/02/2024.
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Covington, L.B., Hildick, H., Robinson, A., Pennington, M., Mansi, S., Ji, X., Strang, A., Rani, S., Robson, S., Lobo, M.A., Cuffee, Y., Selekman, J., Taherzadeh, S., Carroll, J., Covey, A., Murray, K., Zimmerman, C., Horney, J.A., Sowinski, C. and Patterson, F. (2023), School nurses: Researcher and clinician collaborations to address paediatric health inequities. J Adv Nurs. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.15813