Chronic Health Condition Management
Introduction
It is estimated that one in four students in United States may have a chronic health condition (Jackson, Vann, Kotch, Pahel, & Lee, 2011; Van Cleave, Gortmaker, & Perrin, 2010); and approximately 6% of those students have multiple chronic conditions. These students have both health and academic challenges. The school nurse is well positioned to support the health and academic success of students with chronic health conditions by providing direct care and facilitating the many practice components of the Care Coordination principle of NASN’s Framework for 21st Century School Nursing PracticeTM (NASN, 2020).
The key resources here support the school nurse role in building school communities that support the health and learning of students with chronic health conditions.
Funding Information
This webpage was supported by Cooperative Agreement Number, 1 NU1ADP003090-01, funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2016-2021. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the Department of Health and Human Services.