RT Journal Article
T1 The Need for School Nursing in Spain: A Mixed Methods Study
A1 Rodríguez Almagro, Julián Javier
A1 Hernández Martínez, Antonio
A1 Alarcón Alarcón, Gema
A1 Infante Torres, Nuria
A1 Donate Manzanares, Miriam
A1 Gómez Salgado, Juan
AB Background: Teachers are not trained or feel prepared for urgent action. Nevertheless,the presence of children with health problems is relevant. We identified vital health risk problems andcomplications among students, as well as the related training and perception of teachers. Methods:An explanatory sequential design was employed. The study sample consisted of a cross-sectionalstudy of an intentional nonprobabilistic sample of 3246 teachers in the quantitative phase, and atotal of 16 semistructured interviews were conducted in its qualitative phase. Results: 56.6% (1837)of teachers show high concern about facing such situations and only 0.6% (19) feel appropriatelytrained. For 81.8% (2556), the existence of school nursing would be quite relevant. The presenceof nursing professionals in schools could lead to an improvement in the quality of life of both thestudents and teachers. Conclusions: There is a significant percentage of children with diseases thatoften require specific care and there is a high probability that teachers, throughout their professionallives, have to deal with situations of vital urgency. The presence of professionals in educationalcentres seems to be a relevant option. These data suggest that it is necessary for nurses to establish apilot programme for the incorporation of professional nurses in educational centres to determine itsimplications, benefits in health prevention and promotion issues, as well as costs.
PB MDPI
SN 1661-7827
YR 2018
FD 2018-10
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16363
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10272/16363
LA eng
NO Rodríguez Almagro, J., Hernández Martínez, A., Alarcón Alarcón, G., Infante Torres, N., Donate Manzanares, M.,  Gόmez Salgado, J.  The Need for School Nursing in Spain: A Mixed Methods Study. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(11), 2367. (2018). DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph15112367
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
RD 15 jun 2026