title: Teachers' perceptions of full- and part-time nurses at school.
abstract: Teachers and school nurses partner together to help ensure students stay healthy and engaged in school. The purpose of this study is to generate a deeper understanding of teachers' perceptions on the benefits and challenges of working with full- or part-time school nurses. We conducted a qualitative analysis of open-ended survey responses from 129 teachers in nine low-income, ethnically diverse urban schools. These schools were part of a multiyear project that placed full-time nurses in four schools, while five schools with part-time nurses were used as a comparison group. Findings indicate that teachers had strong appreciation for the wide range of responsibilities undertaken by the school nurse. Teachers' level of satisfaction was linked to the number of hours the nurse is on-site, where teachers reported greater satisfaction with nurses who worked on campus full time. Results point to factors that may improve working relations between teachers and nurses.
authors.affiliation: John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities, Graduate School of Education, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA mdbiag@stanford.edu.
authors.forename: Manuelito
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biag
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Ashini
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Srivastava
authors.affiliation: Health and Family Support Programs, San Jose Unified School District, San Jose, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Melinda
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Landau
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Eunice
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
mesh_terms: D001290:Attitude; D002140:California; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005178:Faculty / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009726:Nurses; D012573:School Nursing; D014505:Urban Population
keywords: qualitative analysis; school nurse; teachers’ perceptions; urban schools