Hamlen Ronald
Lyme Disease Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania, Inc., Kennett Square, PA, USA.
NASN Sch Nurse. 2012 Mar;27(2):94-100. doi: 10.1177/1942602X11427928.
School nurses are experts in school health services and frequently front-line providers of care for school-age children presenting with symptoms of physical illness or behavioral, cognitive, learning, and/or psychological problems possibly due to tick-borne infections. School nurses need to know how to protect children on school property and during school sponsored outdoor activities from being bitten by ticks that can transmit diseases. Since infection prevention is a primary objective in health care, this article will empower school nurses with key information about how to accomplish this goal.
学校护士是学校健康服务方面的专家,经常作为一线护理人员,为那些可能因蜱虫传播感染而出现身体疾病症状或行为、认知、学习和/或心理问题的学龄儿童提供护理。学校护士需要知道如何在学校场地以及学校组织的户外活动期间保护儿童不被能传播疾病的蜱虫叮咬。由于预防感染是医疗保健的首要目标,本文将为学校护士提供有关如何实现这一目标的关键信息。