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School Nurses' Knowledge And Perceived Role In Mental Health Issues, Kayla Bakker
School Nurses' Knowledge And Perceived Role In Mental Health Issues, Kayla Bakker
The Eleanor Mann School of Nursing Undergraduate Honors Theses
Background:
There are 74.5 million children in the United States, 17.1 million currently or have previously dealt with a mental disorder (Children’s Mental Health, 2015). Unfortunately, the negative stigma associated with mental health often causes those affected to not seek treatment. School nurses are on the front line of public health problems and deliver safe, effective evidence-based practice to their communities. To rebuild our broken mental health system, community nurses need to build upon school mental health services and encourage more in-school programs (Stephan, Weist, Kataoka, Adelsheim, & Mills, 2007). School nurses must be included in the discussion when …