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School nurse administrators increasingly express concerns over the availability of substitute school nurses with return to in-person learning after the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. While healthcare staffing concerns and shortages are not unique to the school setting, the increasing health acuity of the student population, delegation principles, and staffing models complicate the issue. Traditional methods of covering absences may no longer suffice.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA comparison of performance on the Keitel Functional Test by persons with systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis.
Disabil Rehabil
October 2018
c Occupational Therapy Department , Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque , NM , USA.
Article Synopsis
- The study compares lower extremity impairments in individuals with systemic sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and healthy controls.
- Significant differences were found in mobility and joint motion between the control group and those with systemic conditions, particularly in tasks like rising from a chair and walking.
- The findings highlight the need for rehabilitation interventions to help individuals with systemic sclerosis and rheumatoid arthritis improve mobility and manage daily living activities.
Trends in Early Childhood Obesity in a Large Urban School District in the Southwestern United States, 2007-2014.
Prev Chronic Dis
June 2016
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Introduction: Although recent studies indicate that rates of childhood obesity and severe obesity may be declining, few studies have reported prevalence trends in early childhood or differences in trends across sociodemographic groups. The primary aim of this study was to report trends in prevalence of early childhood obesity and severe obesity 2007 through 2014 in a diverse, metropolitan school district in the southwestern United States and determine whether these trends vary by race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and disability status.
Methods: We analyzed height, weight and demographic data from 43,113 kindergarteners enrolled in a large, urban school district in the southwestern United States for 7 school years.
Social contact networks for the spread of pandemic influenza in children and teenagers.
BMC Public Health
February 2008
Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA.
Background: Influenza is a viral infection that primarily spreads via fluid droplets from an infected person's coughs and sneezes to others nearby. Social contact networks and the way people interact within them are thus important to its spread. We developed a method to characterize the social contact network for the potential transmission of influenza and then applied the method to school aged children and teenagers.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFNursing law and education law: a practice dilemma for school nurses.
Med Law
December 1996
Nursing Department, Albuquerque Public Schools, NM, USA.
The Nurse Practice Act governs the practice of licensed nurses in the US and prohibits these nurses from delegating administration of medication to other school personnel. Education law entitles students to health services during the school day which include medication administration. Financial considerations do not permit all schools to have a full time nurse.
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