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Assess Role of School Nurse Regarding Professional Standards at Primary Schools in Benha City

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Professional standards are authoritative statements of the duties that school nurses should completely perform and aim to fulfillment the profession's obligation to provide a means for improving the quality of care. The purpose of the study was to assess the role of school nurses regarding professional standards in Benha City. Design: Descriptive research design was utilized to conduct the study. Setting: The present study was conducted in (109) Governmental Primary School. Sample A purposive sample of school nurses working in the previous settings were included (n= 100 school nurses). Instruments Two tools were used in this study. The first instrument: A structured interviewed questionnaire to assess school nurses, knowledge and their reported practices about professional standards. The second instrument was an observational checklist to assess the healthy school environment. Results 71.0% of the studied school nurses had a good knowledge of the professional standards and 56.0% of them had unsatisfactory practices. There was a positive statistical significant relation between total knowledge of school nurses and their practices regarding professional standards. Conclusion more than two thirds of school nurses had a good total knowledge score regarding school heath program and professional standards, while more than half of them had unsatisfactory total practices score. Recommendations: School nurses need in service training program about professional standards.

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10.21608/menj.2018.150691

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School Nurses, Professional Standards, primary school

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Shimaa

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Esmeal

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Mahboba

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Abd El- Aziz

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Hedea

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Mohy

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18195

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2018-05-01

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2018-02-22

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2018-05-01

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127

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139

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2735-3974

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2735-3982

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Menoufia Nursing Journal

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Assess Role of School Nurse Regarding Professional Standards at Primary Schools in Benha City

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23 Jan 2023