Violence In Nurse Setting Essay

The article I chose to write this paper on is entitled:” Violence in the School Setting: A School Nurse Perspective”. The article was written by Kate K King and published in OJIN, a peer reviewed online publication in its issue No. 1, January 2014. The article in question gives us a perspective on the escalation of violence in schools over the last decade and the role of the school nurses in the frontline. The school nurse not only has to deal with school violence at first hand, but also has to identify community problems that directly or indirectly encourage these behaviors. School violence does not only include physical violence. Other forms of violence can be bullying, or the use of verbal violence as a cultural norm to solve the problems. One of the forms of school violence more recently covered by the media are school shootings. Many of the incidents include not

only students but also teachers and other staff in different areas. Fights between students are also a popular form of violence that is often encouraged by much of the student population as a way of entertainment. Bullying and its most current form, cyber bullying, are perhaps the two most popular forms of violence among students. Studies suggest a close correlation between bullying and suicidal tendencies. One of the tasks of the school nurse is to identify students who are abused through bullying and work with them individually to prevent behaviors that endanger their lives. The school nurse must help to create a safe and healthy environment for all students and the best way to achieve this is working together with the rest of the school staff, parents, and the different organizations within the community.
The information contained in this article presents a comprehensive description of the functions of the school nurse.

As a future nurse, I consider this article very interesting. The nurse is not only important in the hospital but is also a mainstay in the community. The information contained in this article will allow me in the future to help the community not only as a nurse but also as an educator. A true nurse must create a relationship of trust with students that allows them to feel comfortable telling him or her their problems or events that occur at school. The implementation of training and programs that help a rapid response in times of crisis is one of the tasks of the nurse within the school. The most important part of violence prevention is the identification of students with family problems or who have been abused in the past. The individual work with these students consists of a therapeutic relationship that builds the foundation of respect and trust between the student and the nurse. The school nurse must base education in promoting a nonviolent way to resolve conflicts between

students.