title: Challenges of Documenting Schoolchildren's Psychosocial Health: A Qualitative Study.
abstract: The aim of this study was to explore school nurses' experience of challenges related to documenting schoolchildren's psychosocial health in Sweden. Six focus group discussions were carried out. Areas for discussions included questions about situations, especially challenging to document as well as what constrains and/or facilitates documenting psychosocial health problem issues. Qualitative content analysis was used for interpreting the data. The analysis resulted in one overarching theme: having to do one's duty and being afraid of doing wrong; and three subthemes: uncertainty related to one's own ability, concerns related to future consequences, and strategies to handle the documentation. School nurses relying on their intuition and using a structured documentation model may increase the opportunities for a reliable documentation. To further develop their professional skills with regular, clinical supervision can be of great importance. This in turn may increase contributions to research and development for the benefit of schoolchildren's psychosocial health.
authors: School of Health and Social Science, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden eva.clausson@hkr.se.
authors: Eva K
authors: EK
authors: Clausson
authors: School of Health and Social Science, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden Department of Nursing, Health and Culture, University West, Trollhättan, Sweden.
authors: Agneta
authors: A
authors: Berg
authors: School of Health and Social Science, Kristianstad University, Kristianstad, Sweden.
authors: Ann-Christin
authors: AC
authors: Janlöv
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D005260:Female; D017144:Focus Groups; D006801:Humans; D008603:Mental Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology; D011361:Professional Competence; D036301:Qualitative Research; D012572:School Health Services; D012573:School Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D012919:Social Behavior; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013548:Sweden
keywords: documentation; knowledge/perceptions/self-efficacy; legal/ethical issues; mental health; qualitative research; school nurse