Question

Write down the implementation process of the startegy of implementing school nurse in every schools of blue mountains local health district.

Answer 1

Question: Write down the implementation process of the strategy of implementing school nurse in every schools of blue mountains local health district.

soln: The health of children is a reflection of the future.Good education is possible only when the child is in good health.Children are vulnerable to wide spectrum of communicable and chronic disease conditions including nutritional deficiencies, substance abuses, mental health concerns, violence, injury, and reproductive and sexual health problems.A number of these issues can be prevented through informed health choices. A focused and comprehencive intervention that targets risk factors, and social determinants of health conditions as well as empowers children and adolescents to adopt healthy behaviours can play an important role in reducing the burden of these diseases.More children than ever are attending school, and for longer perods of their lives, therefore, schools can do more than perhaps any other single institution to improve the wellbeing and competence of children and adolescents.It is a wellknown fact that establishing healthy behaviours during childhood is easier and more effective than that of trying to change unhealthy behaviour during adulthood.Therefore schools play a critical role in helping students establish healthy behaviours for their lifetime.

VISION:

1. Mental health: to deal stress among children & provide counseling
2. Prevention of Menstrual abnormalities : To educate menstrual hygeine and to detect early abnormalities among students
3. Drug and alcohol uses
4. Obesity and life style disorders: to educate children and parents about healthy lifestyle and food habits
5. To provide basic health care in case of acute injury, or illness etc.

IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS:

1. Posting a nurse for every school, on every working days.
2. Providing health card for all students
3. Weekly assessment of health of all students and proper reporting in health card
4. Guiding students to hospital if needed
5. Doing surveys among students to find most common health issue & submitting report to higher officials to intervene that issue.
6. Providing mandatory counseling to students and parents about health care, healthy life style, mental health care, drug abuse etc. atleast once in an year.