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IDEAS: How can I use this principle in my practice?
• Continuous quality improvement: Decreased absences related to students with asthma.
• Demonstrates role of school nurse improves student health and academic outcomes at
local or individual level.
• Continuous quality improvement: Reports on state-wide school nurse interventions to
improve attendance in asthmatic students. Demonstrates role of school nurse improves
student health and academic outcomes at population health level.
• Documentation: All NJ schools have uniform, standardized documentation system,
electronic health record according to policies. Advocates uniform language, supports
health care records and transitions in care coordination across schools, district and state.
• Documentation: Standardize policy/forms for returning to school. This promotes clear
guidelines, student quality and safety care provision, enhances follow up care.
• Evaluation: Use of CDC’s School Health Index to assess school health and safety and
wellness policies and programs. Benchmark and develop and/or revise interventions,
policies and programs as appropriate.
• Meaningful health/academic outcomes related to chronic disease – asthma: Improves
absences related to management of chronic disease; improves communication with
health care providers regarding the management of asthma in school; improves quality
of life for asthmatic students.
• Meaningful health/academic outcomes: educate/communicate at large about wellness
and impact on academic performance. Supports and demonstrates important role school
nurses play in public health outcomes, and community-wide culture of health, culture of
wellness.
• Performance appraisal: Develop uniform school nurse specific evaluation tool to increase
quality of care to improve student outcomes. Utilize best practices to change (or continue)
appraisal process by a nurse, rather than non-nurse education administrator.
• Research: Student health office visits to nurse with chronic illnesses warrant the need for
additional school nurse(s) in the building. Data collected and evaluated to understand
workload and student care needs. Consistent with quality and safe care that promotes
optimal outcomes and healthy work environment.
• Uniform data set: local standardized uniform data collection. Fosters understanding of
community needs from population health perspective.

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