School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine

Robert P. Olympia

doi:10.1177/1942602X16665219

School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine

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Abstract

Head trauma is a common chief complaint encountered by school nurses. This article describes the initial assessment and management of head trauma in children and adolescents, delineates reasons that may prompt the school nurse to transfer a student to a local emergency department, and discusses the role of the school nurse when a student is diagnosed with a concussion.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	25-29
Number of pages	5
Journal	NASN school nurse (Print)
Volume	32
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X16665219
State	Published - Jan 1 2017

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Nurses

Medicine

Craniocerebral Trauma

Students

Nurse's Role

Hospital Emergency Service

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Medicine(all)

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Olympia, R. P. (2017). School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine. NASN school nurse (Print), 32(1), 25-29. https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X16665219

Olympia, Robert P. / School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine. In: NASN school nurse (Print). 2017 ; Vol. 32, No. 1. pp. 25-29.

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