A STUDY OF NURSING STAFFS AND THE SCOPE AND QUALITY OF SERVICES PROVIDED IN MISSOURI PUBLIC SCHOOLS, 1981.
Contributors: St. Louis University.
Published: 1985
Number of pages: 141
Subjects: Education, Administration.; Education, Health.; Health Sciences, Nursing.
Description: Purpose. The purpose of this study was to ascertain: (a) the number of registered nurses and licensed practical nurses employed in Missouri public schools; (b) the scope and quality of health services being provided in public schools; (c) the significant differences, if any, in the degree of satisfaction with nursing services among building administrators in districts with dissimilar staffing patterns; and (d) the viability of the L.P.N. as an alternate for and/or as a supplement to the registered nurse in an educational setting.

Procedure. The procedure involved the use of two instruments: A Questionnaire on School Nursing Services in Missouri and a Rating of School Nursing Services in Missouri. The questionnaire was sent to all 554 public school districts in the state with the administrator in charge of health services responding. A follow-up with a random sample of building principals from the responding districts was then performed using the administrator rating instrument. Data thus secured was tabulated and analyzed using a SPPS (Statistical Package for Social Studies) Program, a licensed conversion from the University of Kansas Academic Computing Center.

Results. Results of the study indicate a large number of Missouri public schools provide limited health services programs. In many districts programs are non-existent. The results further indicate that licensed practical nurses are working in school situations in substantial numbers and when used in a traditional manner, perform quite acceptably. Results of the study also indicate that schools districts employing registered nurses use them more frequently in an educational role outside the health room than do districts employing less sophisticated personnel. In conclusion, the study indicates that health program effectiveness is viewed more positively by administrators in districts employing registered nurses exclusively, than by those in districts employing health personnel with lesser credentials.
Notes: Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 47-01, Section: A, page: 0034.

Thesis (PH.D.)--SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY, 1985.

School code: 0193.