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Anxiety In The Classroom Setting: Early Detection Of Signs And Symptoms, Lisa A. Rauch
Anxiety In The Classroom Setting: Early Detection Of Signs And Symptoms, Lisa A. Rauch
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) Projects
The Surgeon General (2000) estimates that up to 13% of children experience symptoms of anxiety. Since virtually all children attend school, and this environment challenges children in various modalities that are likely to produce anxiety, schools are an excellent environment to detect early signs and symptoms of anxiety. When available, school nurses are well positioned to provide primary and secondary prevention to students identified with signs and symptoms of anxiety.
The aim of this project is to identify if increasing teacher’s knowledge results in and increased ability to recognize early signs and symptoms of anxiety, and report concerns more rapidly, …