title: School health records: nursing practice and the law.
abstract: School nurses are increasingly faced with professional-legal dilemmas related to student health records and documentation. This article provides guidance in an often extremely confusing area, as well as recommendations for policy and practice changes that might help simplify the search for resolutions.
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authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Schwab
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authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gelfman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D003219:Confidentiality; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D009737:Nursing Records / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000592:standards; D012573:School Nursing / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D014481:United States