School Nurse Perspectives on Addressing Chronic Absenteeism.

ABSTRACT: Chronic absenteeism is associated with poor health and educational outcomes. School nurses have great potential to address the health and educational needs that contribute to absenteeism. Through qualitative analysis of interviews with school nurses, we characterize their current role in reducing absenteeism and identify barriers 3 that limit their capacity to meet this goal, organized by the Framework for 21st Century School Nursing Practice. Interviewees (n = 23) identified actions perceived to reduce absenteeism aligned with domains of care coordination, leadership, quality improvement, and community and public health. Barriers perceived to limit the capacity of school nurses to address absenteeism were identified within these domains and ranged from student- and family-level to

SUBMITTER: Rankine J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9062998 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature