A L-Dahnaim Layla, Said Hana, Salama Rasha, Bella Hassan, Malo Denise
aCommunity Medicine Department bQuality Control Department cSchool Health Unit, Community Medicine Department, Primary Health Care dCommunity Health Nursing, University of Calgary for Nursing Specialty, Doha, Qatar.
J Egypt Public Health Assoc. 2013 Apr;88(1):19-25. doi: 10.1097/01.EPX.0000423131.04132.4d.
The school nurse plays a crucial role in the provision of comprehensive health services to students. This role encompasses both health and educational goals. The perception of the school nurse's role and its relation to health promotion is fundamental to the development of school nursing. This study aimed to determine the perception of school nurses and principals toward the role of school nurses in providing school health services in Qatar.
A cross-sectional study was carried out among all school nurses (n=159) and principals (n=159) of governmental schools in Qatar. The participants were assessed for their perception toward the role of the school nurse in the school using 19-Likert-type scaled items Questionnaire.
The response rates were 100% for nurses and 94% for principals. The most commonly perceived roles of the school nurse by both nurses and principals were 'following up of chronically ill students', 'providing first aid', and 'referral of students with health problems', whereas most of the roles that were not perceived as school nurse roles were related to student academic achievements.
School nurses and principals agreed on the clinical/medical aspects of nurses' role within schools, but disagreed on nurses' involvement in issues related to the school performance of students. The study recommends raising awareness of school principals on the school nursing role, especially in issues related to the school performance of students.
学校护士在为学生提供全面健康服务方面发挥着关键作用。这一角色涵盖了健康和教育目标。对学校护士角色的认知及其与健康促进的关系是学校护理发展的基础。本研究旨在确定卡塔尔学校护士和校长对学校护士在提供学校健康服务中所扮演角色的认知。
对卡塔尔所有公立学校的学校护士（n = 159）和校长（n = 159）进行了一项横断面研究。使用一份包含19个李克特量表项目的问卷对参与者关于学校护士在学校中角色的认知进行评估。
护士的回复率为100%，校长的回复率为94%。护士和校长最常认为学校护士的角色是“跟踪慢性病学生”、“提供急救”以及“转介有健康问题的学生”，而大多数未被视为学校护士角色的职责与学生学业成绩相关。
学校护士和校长在学校护士角色的临床/医疗方面达成了一致，但在护士参与与学生学业表现相关问题上存在分歧。该研究建议提高学校校长对学校护理角色的认识，尤其是在与学生学业表现相关的问题上。
