Chapter 42: The Nurse in the Schools;
Stanhope
The case manager role of the school nurse can best be described as:
a. coordinating health care for children with complex health problems.
b. counseling students to choose workable solutions to their problems and
conflicts.
c. referring students to available resources.
d. screening students for common health problems. - correct answer ✔ANS:
A
The school nurse's case manager role is to help coordinate the health care of
children with complex health problems to ensure that students' health care
appointments and visits have the minimum possible negative impact on their
educational experience.
Cognitive Level: Application
Associated Chapter Objective: 2
REF: p. 920
From August through May, an inner city school district provides primary health
care services, including mental health and dental care, to children and youth.
This is a specific example of which of the following?
a. Child health improvement program
b. Primary care clinic
c. School-based health center
, d. School health system - correct answer ✔ANS: C
Because many children may not receive health care services other than
screening and first aid care from the school nurse, the federal government
began funding school-based health centers. School-based health centers are
family-centered, community-based clinics run within schools. These clinics
provide expanded health services, including mental health and dental care, as
well as the more traditional health care services like primary care. They can
be small or large and may provide services during the school year, during
certain hours throughout the year, or 24/7 all year.
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Associated Chapter Objective: 3
REF: p. 922
In designing a substance abuse primary prevention education program for the
secondary schools in the community, it would be most important for the school
nurse to include content related to the latest trend in the use of:
a. cocaine.
b. ecstasy.
c. heroin.
d. marijuana. - correct answer ✔ANS: B
There has been an increase in the use of "club drugs" such as lysergic acid
(LSD), ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Rohypnol, and ecstasy
(MDMA). The school nurse can teach students about the serious side effects
of ecstasy, especially that it causes a very high body temperature, which can
lead to death. Teaching students about the dangers of using all drugs is the
responsibility of the school nurse. The school nurse can also teach parents
Stanhope
The case manager role of the school nurse can best be described as:
a. coordinating health care for children with complex health problems.
b. counseling students to choose workable solutions to their problems and
conflicts.
c. referring students to available resources.
d. screening students for common health problems. - correct answer ✔ANS:
A
The school nurse's case manager role is to help coordinate the health care of
children with complex health problems to ensure that students' health care
appointments and visits have the minimum possible negative impact on their
educational experience.
Cognitive Level: Application
Associated Chapter Objective: 2
REF: p. 920
From August through May, an inner city school district provides primary health
care services, including mental health and dental care, to children and youth.
This is a specific example of which of the following?
a. Child health improvement program
b. Primary care clinic
c. School-based health center
, d. School health system - correct answer ✔ANS: C
Because many children may not receive health care services other than
screening and first aid care from the school nurse, the federal government
began funding school-based health centers. School-based health centers are
family-centered, community-based clinics run within schools. These clinics
provide expanded health services, including mental health and dental care, as
well as the more traditional health care services like primary care. They can
be small or large and may provide services during the school year, during
certain hours throughout the year, or 24/7 all year.
Cognitive Level: Analysis
Associated Chapter Objective: 3
REF: p. 922
In designing a substance abuse primary prevention education program for the
secondary schools in the community, it would be most important for the school
nurse to include content related to the latest trend in the use of:
a. cocaine.
b. ecstasy.
c. heroin.
d. marijuana. - correct answer ✔ANS: B
There has been an increase in the use of "club drugs" such as lysergic acid
(LSD), ketamine, gamma hydroxybutyrate (GHB), Rohypnol, and ecstasy
(MDMA). The school nurse can teach students about the serious side effects
of ecstasy, especially that it causes a very high body temperature, which can
lead to death. Teaching students about the dangers of using all drugs is the
responsibility of the school nurse. The school nurse can also teach parents
