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. 2020 Jul 10;38(2):e5. doi: 10.17533/udea.iee.v38n2e05

Table 1. Assumptions proposed as part of the development of the Model of professional practice of school nursing for Colombia 2019.

Assumptions of school nursing Score Priority level
1) Kind treatment by nursing helps to establish a relationship of trust that favors caring for the members of the education community 500 High
2) To adequately care for a member of the school community, nurses must: assess and prioritize the care of their needs; identify the care actions required; establish with the person shared care goals; assist, support, or educate as required; and evaluate and register each of the actions undertaken 495 High
3) The members of the school community who receive warm and timely care by nursing feel satisfied and grateful 495 High
4) The care the nurse offers to the school community must be technically sound and based on the best evidence available 486 High
5) To provide safe care to students, adequate communication is necessary with their parents or guardians, as well as with the different areas of the school 482 High
6) A well-implemented nursing service generates trust in the students’ parents 477 High
7) Complete assessment that guarantees the information required and privacy necessary is indispensable to provide good nursing care 473 High
8) Education is a fundamental and multiplier tool for care that nursing has to promote the health of the school community and this must be adapted by taking into account the characteristics of the participants 468 Medium
9) School nurses must maintain continuous training to respond adequately to the health requirements of the education community. 468 Medium
10) To focalize the care required, the school nurse must understand that the child is in a period of growth and development, which generates changing needs 468 Medium
11) School nursing must be an integral part of the services of wellbeing offered by the school 468 Medium
12) School nurses must gather information from government entities related with health and transmit them in timely manner to the student community 468 Medium
13) Creativity and use of information and communication technologies provide school nurses a tool to support health care 468 Medium
14) In the school environment, nurses must ensure permanent protection of the children 464 Medium
15) The holistic care of the members of the school community must keep in mind the environment 459 Medium
16) The collective vision of health within the school community requires a program of epidemiological surveillance and corresponding actions of health promotion and disease prevention 459 Medium
17) To anticipate to requirements of care, in the school community, it is necessary to establish a support network for special situations and emergency cases 459 Medium
18) Nursing must support the institution to verify safe intra- and extra-curricular environments 459 Medium
19) The school environment is a privileged setting for nursing care that promotes health during the course of life 459 Medium
20) Caring for the education community with criteria of quality and opportunity demands having the resources necessary for said care 455 Medium
21) Improving the health care of the education community requires the co-responsibility from each of its members 450 Low
22) Nurses in the school environment are responsible for advising, supervising, and evaluating the auxiliary staff in their charge 450 Low
23) Nurses require developing management skills to suitably fulfill their activity of caring for the health of the education community 450 Low
24) Adequate care of the school community requires appropriate facilities to care for emergencies under current enabling regulations 445 Low
25) Nursing must have the human and physical resources necessary to safely care for the student population, besides covering the full school day, including extracurricular activities of academic, sports, and cultural nature 445 Low
26) Diminished scholar and labor absenteeism due to health motives is one of the goals of school nursing 445 Low
27) A school that prioritizes health care, reflects it through positioning nursing in its organizational scheme, its PEI, and its school life manual 445 Low
28) Nursing with adequate and pleasant areas generates in the students more pleasure to consult and seek help to care for their health 441 Low
29) Adequate nursing care demands registry and technological support for the school community 441 Low
30) The suitability of the school nurse permits academia to seek support on said nurse to broaden the educational offer 441 Low
31) To promote the safety of the school community, it is fitting to participate in identifying its risks and in planning and executing a program seeking to control and minimize them 432 Low
32) School nursing must stimulate the children’s development supporting their capacity to solve interpersonal problems not always related with health 427 Low
33) A nursing program in the school environment requires assignation of its own budget 414 Low
34) The nurse must participate in environmental health programs required by the school community 414 Low
35) Execution of an inclusive policy within the education community requires special actions with the respective resources 409 Low
36) The strategic location and quiet atmosphere of nursing support the wellbeing of the school community 405 Low