Joshi Ashish, Komlodi Anita, Arora Mohit
Department of Information Systems, UMBC, USA.
School Nurse News. 2008 May;25(3):24-9.
Diabetes is a common chronic illness among children, with 13,000 new cases diagnosed each year. School nurses are in a unique position to facilitate the improvement of health for students with diabetes, but they face many challenges in acquiring diabetes knowledge, communicating with parents and healthcare providers, and managing children and adolescents with diabetes. To learn more about these challenges and the potential role of technology in alleviating them, we administered a survey to school nurses in the state of Maryland. Results indicated that lack of access to knowledge and time constraints were the biggest challenges in providing support and care to children with diabetes. The majority of the school nurses agreed that use of an electronic medium will significantly enhance care and improve knowledge and communication between parents, school nurses and providers.
糖尿病是儿童常见的慢性病，每年有13000例新确诊病例。学校护士在促进糖尿病学生健康改善方面具有独特地位，但他们在获取糖尿病知识、与家长和医疗服务提供者沟通以及管理糖尿病儿童和青少年方面面临诸多挑战。为了更多地了解这些挑战以及技术在缓解这些挑战方面的潜在作用，我们对马里兰州的学校护士进行了一项调查。结果表明，缺乏知识获取途径和时间限制是为糖尿病儿童提供支持和护理方面的最大挑战。大多数学校护士认为，使用电子媒介将显著提升护理水平，并改善家长、学校护士和医疗服务提供者之间的知识交流与沟通。
