title: The future of school nursing: banishing band-AIDS to improve public health outcomes.
abstract: This article provides analysis and commentary on the cultural roots that promote the provision of minor first aid in schools by school nurses. Using the Institute of Medicine's Future of Nursing report as a lens, this article illustrates how the focus on provision of first aid by school nurses dilutes larger public health contributions that school nurses could make if they were able to work to the full extent of their education, training and licensure. The article concludes with recommendations designed to support fuller use of nurses' scope of practice in schools.
authors.affiliation: Washington State Nurses Association, Seattle, WA 98188, USA. rfleming@wsna.org
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005392:First Aid / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D011361:Professional Competence; D011634:Public Health; D012572:School Health Services; D012573:School Nursing / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States