Piloting a team approach in school nursing in the inner city.
School nurses have been identified as having a major role in delivering the NHS plan through their work with the school community. To achieve this, multi-skilled teams are perceived as the way forward. This article reports on a stakeholder evaluation of three expanded school nurse teams piloted in an inner city area. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with school health and education staff who were involved in the project. The findings show that a team approach in school nursing is possible. However its success would depend on developing mechanisms such as equitable workloads, team leadership and development training, and effective communication.
Baptiste
Lucretia
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Children's Nursing Department, London South Bank University.
D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D017144:Focus Groups; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training; D007857:Leadership; D008503:Medical Staff / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024802:Nurse's Role; D009728:Nursing Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000523:psychology; D009746:Nursing, Team / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012573:School Nursing / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D019037:Urban Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration; D016526:Workload