Violence in school has become a significant public health risk. Not only does it have a negative effect on individual students, but on the school as a whole. This can cause long-term issues for both the victim and the perpetrator. The article, Violence in the School Setting: A School Nurse Perspective, written by King, K., discusses the meaning of violence, identifies that violence comes in many forms, and the importance of the school nursing role.
Youth Violence is defined as “the intentional use of physical force or power, threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community that either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, or
psychological harm according to the CDC. School violence
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is youth violence that occurs on school property, on the way to or from school or school-sponsored events, or during a school- sponsored event (King, K.). A young person can be a victim, a perpetrator, or a witness of school violence. Youth violence includes various behaviors.
Some are violent acts such as bullying, pushing, and shoving. Other behaviors include gang violence and assault, which can lead to serious injury or even death. It is important to remember that not all injuries are visible. Witnessing violence can lead to a wide variety of negative behaviors including alcohol and drug abuse or suicide. Depression, anxiety, and other psychological problems can result from school violence too.
Violence does not have to happen in school to effect the school population. For example, witnessed violence by a child in the home can result in poor school performance or repeating the learned behavior. All violent behaviors must be taken seriously. Educating the student population on how to over come this issue is essential to be able to work toward prevention.
Numerous factors can increase the risk of a child engaging in violence at school, but the occurrence of these factors does not always mean that the child will become an offender. Risk factors for school and youth violence include: previous history of violence, drug, alcohol, or tobacco use, poor family dynamics, low grades in school, or poverty. The overall goal for school nurse is to identify and intervene quickly as well as educate to prevent the circle of violence in
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schools. Several prevention strategies have been identified. Evidence-based prevention programs that collaborate with school personnel can significantly lower rates of aggression and violent behavior (King, K). These programs are available to all students in a school. They educate about several topics and develop skills, such problem solving, conflict resolution, and teamwork. Parent-family based programs can improve family relationships and lower the risk for violent behaviors by children especially with early intervention. Community outreach programs can reduce school violence by connecting trained staff with at risk youths to carry out conflict mediation. The school nurse serves as a link between school administrators, family, community and healthcare providers to promote for a healthy school environment(king, K.).
This includes programs related to violence intervention and prevention. A student’s health is associated to his or her ability to learn. The school nurse supports student success by providing health care through assessment, intervention, and follow-up for all children within the school setting.
The school nurse addresses the physical, mental, emotional, and social health needs of students and supports their learning. The school nurse is an essential part of the school team that assists with change to attain health and corresponds with school staff, parents and the community to keep students safe at school and healthy to learn. School nurses assist with normal development and positive student response to interventions; promote health and safety; intervene with actual and potential health problems; and actively work with others to build student and family learning (King, K.).
School nurses provide leadership in promoting health and safety. Also, they provide health-related education to students and staff and provide information on the development of school safety plans which deal with bullying, school violence, and the other health issues that may occur at
school. The school nurse may take on additional roles as needed to meet the needs of the school community. Healthy children are successful learners. The school nurse has a versatile role within the school environment. It encompasses the physical, mental, emotional, and social health of students and their success in the learning process. In conclusion, school nurses are the front-line of defense and have the responsibility of identifying problems and intervening to diminish the effects of violence not only on the children, but the whole school environment. By no means is the school nurse the only line of defense. This is a joint effort and collaboration is essential to education, intervention, and hopefully; prevention.
Several databases including Academic Search Premier, JSTOR, CINAHL, MEDLINE, and Cochrane were accessed using the key words “workplace violence,” “nurses,” student nurses,” horizontal violence,” “bullying,” “oppression,” and “intergroup conflict.” The purpose of the literature search was to determine the predominance of horizontal violence among new nurses and nursing students.
There is a common misconception that the role of school nurses only includes the occasional first aid duties and caring for kids with a cold or the flu. Yet, the truth is that the responsibilities of school nurses are critical to monitoring and maintaining healthy and thriving schools. School Nurses are foundational to making public education available to every student regardless of any and all pre-existing health conditions and circumstances.
It has various negative effects which are persistent in nature, and the individual victim realizes the behaviour as bullying (Wilson, 2016). Bullying is associated with physical and psychological problems among nurses leading to absenteeism, poor performance, low job satisfaction, and increased turnover (Ganz, et al., 2015). The issue of bullying among nurses further affects the entire health care team including patient outcomes and health care costs due to the declining level of nurses’ performance (Becher & Visovsky, 2012). Although bullying exists in the nursing work place, they are silent in nature, and goes undetected (Becher & Visovsky,2012). Hence, identifying and managing workplace bullying needs efforts of individual facing bullying and support of the
“The youth identified 35 causes of youth violence, but most students focused on specific subcategories within each of the four factors: individual, peer, family, and social. Although most students mentioned multiple causes, few identified causes within all four factors” (Zimmerman et al., 2004). The factors were broken down as such:
In conclusion, School Violence is a widespread issue that must be addressed. School shootings and bullying are some of the biggest issues in today’s school system. Many times the seed of the issue begins with bullying and ends with consequences like suicide and school shootings. They affect people as early as elementary school all the way to the college level, some even ending with death. Only together can we stop school violence if we take a stand and change the world.
Nurses continually strive to bring holistic, efficient, and safe care to their patients. However, if the safety and well-being of the nurses are threatened or compromised, it is difficult for nurses to work effectively and efficiently. Therefore, the position of the American Nurses Association (ANA) advocate that every nursing professional have the right to work in a healthy work environment free of abusive behavior such as bullying, hostility, lateral abuse and violence, sexual harassment, intimidation, abuse of authority and position and reprisal for speaking out against abuses (American Nurses Association, 2012).
...lth department today. Creating a safe and nurturing environment can only be achieved by nurses working together and adhering to their code of ethics; for this reason we should maintain the safety or our nurses by eliminating violence, educating and supporting them when needed. It is crucial for the nursing profession to address violence to improve retention and recruitment of nurses.
During many years the role of school nurse was traditionally viewed as one where the nurse cared for students that were injured, applied bandages and gave out ice bags. Throughout the years the role of the school nurse has evolved into one of leadership and management along with many other duties including traditional roles as mentioned above. The services provided by a school nurse range from assessment and screening to coordinating care for regular students as well as students with special needs. School nursing requires experience and knowledge in school, public, community and emergency health to meet the many needs of school aged children and youth. The school nurse provides many services but the basic services provided include illness and injury assessment and interventions, medication administration, screenings for health factors, disease management, health education, and preparing individual education plans for students.
School violence has become an increased peril, affecting not only those involved, but the society in itself. The underlying reason for this phenomenon is that it is derived from bullying and easy access of weapons. It can even happen by the hands of a person who does not attend the school where the act takes place. Bullying has become an epidemic in America amongst school children. Though there are rules enforced about weapons at school, the weapon is usually not detected until the incident takes place. I have witnessed violence in the form of fighting while in school, however, I have never imagined that it has become so aggressive and affects children at younger ages. We must take a bold stand to stop these incidents from occurring!
Public schools in the 21st century provide many basic health care services. These services include having a full or part-time school nurse, dental care, mental health, special education programs, child obesity programs and reproductive health care. Schools are required to have at least one school nurse available on the premises. It is also important for public schools to be equipped to handle any kind of situation that might challenge a student’s learning ability such as having a learning disability, ADD (Attention Deficit Disorder), depression and even food allergies. ...
A nurse can be defined, according to the Fundamentals of Nursing book, as “promoting of health, prevention of illness, and the care of the ill, disable and dying people. Advocacy, promotion of a safe environment, research, and participation in shaping health policy and in patient and health systems management and education…” (Taylor et al, 2015). Nurses will provide the individual care for each patient based on the patient, the environment, and the health that the patient desires. Nurses spend the most time with patients, they are the ones observing the patient, monitoring the patient, and interacting with the patient. Thought these interactions nurses are able to build relationships with each patient, which in turns allows the nurse to care the patient to the best of their
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Many underestimate the role of the school nurse. So much so that in some schools the role of school nurse is being eradicated or combined with other positions. however aside for taking temperatures a major role of a school nurse is to help assess the current state of general health within the school. this is the first line of defense concerning outbreaks and health trends that take place within the school. generally if their is a rise in sexual activity, drug use, or a host of other issues the school nurse is one of the first to see these trends (NASN, 2015).
Society has suffered from various factors that are contributors of school violence. These factors are personal, family, school, and environmental.
They perform physical exams when someone needs released to return to work, school, and sports. They perform health histories so a patient knows what his or her health backgrounds are and what they are capable of inheriting. Nurses provide health promotions, counseling, and education. They give health promotions through schools, after checkups, and before you are released from the hospital. They give counseling when a patient is struggling to becoming healthy after a long term sickness. Nurses can provide education through school courses for anyone who is interesting in pursuing a nursing degree. They interpret a patient’s information and makes critical decisions with the doctor. They can direct and supervise care delivered by other healthcare personnel. If a nurse is a registered nurse (RN), then they are in charge of the lower nurse ranks such as LPNs (licensed practical nurses) and nurse aides. Nurse also conduct research in support of improved practice and a patient’s outcome. Nurses are so compassionate for others, that they will everything in their power to find some sort of treatment that can offer a patient a chance to be cured