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School Nurses' Management for Children and Adolescents with Diabetes.
- Source :
- Child Health Nursing Research; Apr2015, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p176-182, 7p
- Publication Year :
- 2015
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Abstract
- Purpose: The study purposes were to explore school nurses' experience, perceived barriers, and education needs in diabetes management at school. Methods: This study was a cross sectional study and the study participants were recruited conveniently at continuing education seminars for school nurses at Incheon Metropolitan City. Results: Data for 101 school nurses were analyzed. The nurses were all women and their mean age was 46.9±9.3 years. About 66% of them had experience with children with diabetes at school. The school nurses reported that 74.6% of the students tested their blood glucose by themselves, the school clinic was the most common place for blood glucose tests (47.8%) and insulin injections (50.8%) and the nurses knew students' diagnosis through the student health survey (58.2%). About half of the nurses (53.7%) reported that glucagon should be available at school and 49.2% were willing to inject glucagon when necessary. The most frequently reported barrier in diabetes management was role confusion (6.0±1.3) and the most common educational need was emergency responses (5.9±1.4). Conclusions: School health policy for diabetes management and diabetes resources are necessary to minimize role confusion of school nurses, improve emergency response, and facilitate health promotion activities in diabetes management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- Korean
- ISSN :
- 22879110
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Child Health Nursing Research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 103170315
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.4094/chnr.2015.21.2.176