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An Intervention to Increase High School students’ Compliance with Carrying Auto-injectable Epinephrine: a MASNRN Study
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An Investigative Study: What are the Concerns of Massachusetts School Nurses in Managing Mental/Behavioral Health Issues in the School Setting?
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Building Resiliency in Youths with Disabilities To Better Address Teasing and Bullying Situations
Abstract: Students with disabilities are more likely to be chronically teased / bullied and suffer negative psychosocial squeal. Proactive interventions can be initiated to help these youths develop coping skills, becoming more resilient in handling such situations. The specific aim of this study were to: 1) identify children with disabilities at-risk for being
chronically teased/bullied and This study used a pretest-posttest design with participants serving as their own controls. The sample consisted of 65 students aged 8-14 years, 66.2 % male, 86.5 % white with a wide range of disabilities. Initially, consent/assent, demographic information, disability ratings and performance on measures to assess teasing ( Child-Adolescent Testing Scale [CATS]), self-concept, ( Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale [PHCSCS] )and psychological functioning ( Pediatric Symptom checklist
Research Team: Judi Vessey, PhD, MBA, FAAN, Principal Investigator Kathy O’Neill, RN, BSN, MS, Research Associate
MASNRN Research Nurse Participants: Carol Bradford, RN,BSN,NCSN .......... .........Sudbury Public Schools Judy Bryne, RN .......................................... Dedham Public Schools Jane Ferrara, RN,BSN,MA............................Wilmington Public Schools Mary Jenkinson, RN,ADN,BS .......................Concord Public Schools Mary J. O"Brien, RN,MSN,CPNP,NCSN..........Boston Public Schools Niki M. Richards, RN,MS...............................Concord Public Schools Nancy Smith, RN SN ...................................Wilmington Public Schools Jennifer Spina, RN,MSN,NCSN.....................Lynn Public Schools Terri Sweeney, RN,BSN,NCSN ....................Westwood Public Schools Jane Thornton, RN, BSN,MEd,NCSN.............Canton Public Schools June Warren, RN,BSN,MEd, NCSN ..............Canton Public School
Study Dates: September 2005- August 2006 Funding: Deborah Munroe Noonan Memorial Fund
Promoting Influenza Vaccination in Students with Chronic Conditions
Abstract : Students with chronic health conditions often benefit from receiving additional immunizations such as influenza vaccination. These immunizations are often missed when school age children with chronic health conditions (SACCHCs) lack a primary care provider and/or only receive their care at specialty clinics which may fail to address immunization needs. Although the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends influenza immunization for children with some chronic health conditions. However, the number of these SACCHCs who receive this immunization remains low (Fiore, et al., 2007; Daley, Barrow, Pearson, Crane, Gao, Stevenson, et al., 2004).
Research Team: Judy Aubin, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN, Principal Investigator Mary Jane O'Brien, RN, BSN, MSN, CPNP, NCSN, Co-Investigator
MASNRN Research Nurse Participants: Carol Bradford, RN,BSN ............................ . .................... Sudbury Public Schools Catherine Caruso-Draghetti, RN,BA .......... ......................Southwick Public Schools Anne Chabot, RN, BSN, MSN ............ ...............................Sudbury Public Schools Sandra Crimlisk, RN,MS............................... .....................Waltham Public Schools Doreen Crowe, RN, BSN, MEd ..................... ....................Wilmington Public Schools Nancy Dorrance, RN,..................... ...................................North Attleboro Public Schools Deborah Moreschi-Sisco, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN ...... Boston Public Schools Anne Farrell, RN, BSN, MS, MEd . ............ .........................Nashoba Regional School System Susan B. Fencer, RN, FNP................................................. Boston Public School Jane Reilly Ferrara, RN, BSN, MA.......................................Wilmington Public Schools Jenny Gormley, RN, MSN...................................................Acton Public Schools Teresa Grimm, RN, BSN.....................................................Belmont Public Schools Sharon Harrison, RN, BSN, MEd........................................ Boston Public Schools Barbara Hedstrom, RN, BSN, MSN ....................................North Andover Public Schools Patricia Hoban, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN................................ Weston Public Schools Elizabeth Johns, RN, NCSN................................................Acton Public Schools Mary Jane Kemper, RN, BSN, MSN, PNP.............................Boston Public Schools Patricia Kenney, RN, BSN, MEd..........................................Boston Public Schools Elizabeth Mazzone, RN, BSN.............................................Acton Public Schools Rozanne Milner, RN, BA, BSN............................................Newton Public Schools Donna Faro, RN, BSN....................................................... Boston Public Schools Sally Popoli, RN, BSN, MA..................................................Westfield Public Schools Nancy Schiemer, RN, BSN, MA...........................................Medfield Public Schools Maureen Shea, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN................................Hanover Public Schools Jennifer Spina, RN, BSN, MSN, NCSN.................................Lynn Public schools Kathleen Thompson, RN, MSN, PNP..................................Medfield Public Schools Jane Thornton, RN, BSN.................................................. .Canton Public Schools Janis Townsend, RN, MS...................................................Weston Public Schools June Warren, RN, BSN, MEd..............................................Canton Public Schools Patricia Wright, RN, BSN, MEd, NCSN................................Weston Public Schools
Study Dates: September 2006-August 2007 Funding Source: National Association of Pediatric Nurse Practitioners and the National Association of School Nurses
School Based Peak Flow Education and Monitoring
Abstract: School nurses in collaboration with primary care providers can work together more efficiently to manage asthma. The Asthma Action Plan (AAP) along with peak flow monitoring, can be used by school nurses to communicate more effectively with doctors regarding the school child’s disease management. The aim of this study was to determine if the provision of peak flow meter readings to the primary care provider (PCP) and a request by the school nurse for an Asthma Action Plan (AAP), or a request for an AAP alone will increase the number of AAPs received by the school nurse. The study found a significant increase in AAPs when school nurses provide primary care providers with accurate peak flow data and requested an AAP from the provider than students with asthma whose school nurses just requested an AAP via the students’ parents but did not provide peak flow meter data to the PCP. Research Team: Marie DeSisto, RN, BSN, MSN, Principal Investigator Lynne McIntyre, RN, PhD Anne Sheetz, RN, MPH Joyce Pulcini, PhD, RN, CS, PNP, FAAN Judi Vessey, PhD, MBA, FAAN
Study Dates: September 2005-March 2006 Funding Source: National Association of School Nurses
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