title: Using expanded individualized health care plans to assist teachers of students with complex health care needs.
abstract: As special education teachers have increasing numbers of students requiring health care procedures in their classrooms, school nurses need to help these teachers maintain a safe, healthy environment for their students. Part of this consists of having teachers know the steps to take should certain problems arise. This article examines the receptivity of using an expanded version of an individualized health care plan (IHP) to provide critical information to address health care problems, as well as having individualized education program (IEP) objectives for instructional targets identified in the IHP. The findings of this study indicate that a high percentage of school nurses and special education teachers were in favor of an expanded version of the IHP. There was also support for teaching students to independently or partially participate in performing their own health care procedures and having this instruction formalized as IEP objectives.
authors.affiliation: College of Education, Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA.
authors.forename: Kathryn Wolff
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Heller
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tumlin
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003142:Communication; D004519:Education, Special; D004630:Emergencies; D005178:Faculty; D005845:Georgia; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration*; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000523:psychology; D010347:Patient Care Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012573:School Nursing / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013781:Texas