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School Nursing Workforce Differences Between Urban and Non-Urban Areas: Implications for School Health Services and Equity.
- Source :
- Journal of School Nursing; Oct2024, Vol. 40 Issue 5, p482-490, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The professional experiences of school nurses who work outside of urban areas are not often described. We used data from a 2019 statewide survey of school nurses to describe differences between the urban and non-urban (urban cluster and rural) school nurse workforce in New Mexico. Non-urban school nurses were twice as likely as urban nurses to provide clinical services to multiple school campuses (P <.001) and more likely to serve both elementary and secondary school settings (P =.002). They were less likely than urban school nurses to be bachelor's prepared, or to have received recent continuing education on diabetes (P <.001), reproductive health (P = 0.02), LGBQ+ and transgender student health (P <.001, for each), and suicide risk assessment and screening (P =.012). Our findings underscore concerns about geographic differences in the school nursing workforce in terms of educational preparation and student access that could potentially limit the school nurse role in advancing child health equity. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- SUICIDE risk factors
NURSING education
NURSES
HEALTH services accessibility
HIGH schools
PATIENT education
MINORITY students
RISK assessment
MEDICAL care research
CROSS-sectional method
RESEARCH funding
ELEMENTARY schools
SECONDARY analysis
REPRODUCTIVE health
RESPONSIBILITY
MEDICAL care
LGBTQ+ people
FISHER exact test
POPULATION geography
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
CHI-squared test
WORK experience (Employment)
CONTINUING education of nurses
SCHOOL nursing
METROPOLITAN areas
RURAL conditions
STATISTICS
MEDICAL emergencies
MEDICAL screening
HEALTH equity
DATA analysis software
COMPARATIVE studies
LABOR supply
EDUCATIONAL attainment
SCHOOL health services
DIABETES
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10598405
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of School Nursing
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 179639365
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405221119516