Her research shows teaching students to be peer mediators reduces violence. Students keep journals, write rap songs and produce videos to share their new skills. Deborah Shelton, PhD, RN, conducts research on child mental health services and recently completed research on youths in the juvenile justice system.
Nurses bring keen observational and assessment skills to school and research settings.
Prevention of public health crises such as school violence is nursing's reason for being. ANA advances the nursing profession by fostering high standards of nursing practice, promoting the economic and general welfare of nurses in the workplace, projecting a positive and realistic view of nursing, and by lobbying the Congress and regulatory agencies on health care issues affecting nurses and the public.