title: The Health Consultation Program: a model school nurse education program.
abstract: The Health Consultation Program (HCP) provides educational resources to school nurses throughout the state of Washington. It has several components, including consultation with clinical nurse specialists, a video lending library, health education materials, continuing education seminars, and preceptorships. School nurses access desired services to assist them in a variety of activities, such as developing individualized health care plans or teaching other school personnel about a child's special needs. Quotations from school nurses gathered during HCP evaluations indicate greater self-care abilities by students, improved skills of teachers and other professionals, increased planning for safe and appropriate care, and improved quality of care.
authors.affiliation: Center for Children with Special Needs and Chronic Health Conditions, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, USA.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Larter
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Chernick
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Maire
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: DuBois
mesh_terms: D003253:Consultants; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007255:Information Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017145:Models, Educational; D016294:Models, Nursing; D020380:Needs Assessment; D009720:Nurse Clinicians / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015402:Nursing Education Research; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D012573:School Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014861:Washington