TY - JOUR
T1 - School Nurse Perspectives on COVID-19
AU - Hoke, Alicia M.
AU - Keller, Chelsea M.
AU - Calo, William A.
AU - Sekhar, Deepa L.
AU - Lehman, Erik B.
AU - Kraschnewski, Jennifer L.
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Merck Investigator Studies Program (MISP#57345) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (UL1 TR002014, UL1 TR00045).
Funding Information:
We would like to acknowledge the Pennsylvania Association of School Nurses and Practitioners (PASNAP) for their support in distributing the survey to their listserv. The author(s) disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: This work was supported by Merck Investigator Studies Program (MISP#57345) and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health (UL1 TR002014, UL1 TR00045).
Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2021/8
Y1 - 2021/8
N2 - Pennsylvania responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by closing schools and moving to online instruction in March 2020. We surveyed Pennsylvania school nurses (N = 350) in May 2020 to assess the impact of COVID-19 on nurses’ concerns about returning to school and impact on practice. Data were analyzed using χ2 tests and regression analyses. Urban school nurses were more concerned about returning to the school building without a COVID-19 vaccine than rural nurses (OR = 1.58, 95% CI [1.05, 2.38]). Nurses in urban locales were more likely to report being asked for guidance on COVID-19 (OR = 1.69, 95% CI [1.06, 2.68]), modify communication practices (OR = 2.33, 95% CI [1.42, 3.82]), and be “very/extremely concerned” about their safety (OR = 2.16, 95% CI [1.35, 3.44]). Locale and student density are important factors to consider when resuming in-person instruction; however, schools should recognize school nurses for their vital role in health communication to assist in pandemic preparedness and response.
AB - Pennsylvania responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by closing schools and moving to online instruction in March 2020. We surveyed Pennsylvania school nurses (N = 350) in May 2020 to assess the impact of COVID-19 on nurses’ concerns about returning to school and impact on practice. Data were analyzed using χ2 tests and regression analyses. Urban school nurses were more concerned about returning to the school building without a COVID-19 vaccine than rural nurses (OR = 1.58, 95% CI [1.05, 2.38]). Nurses in urban locales were more likely to report being asked for guidance on COVID-19 (OR = 1.69, 95% CI [1.06, 2.68]), modify communication practices (OR = 2.33, 95% CI [1.42, 3.82]), and be “very/extremely concerned” about their safety (OR = 2.16, 95% CI [1.35, 3.44]). Locale and student density are important factors to consider when resuming in-person instruction; however, schools should recognize school nurses for their vital role in health communication to assist in pandemic preparedness and response.
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U2 - 10.1177/1059840521992054
DO - 10.1177/1059840521992054
M3 - Article
C2 - 33550914
AN - SCOPUS:85100653846
SN - 1059-8405
VL - 37
SP - 292
EP - 297
JO - Journal of School Nursing
JF - Journal of School Nursing
IS - 4
ER -
