Effective communication, teamwork, and interprofessional collaboration, or teams of health
and non-health professionals working together, are critical to improving the patient …

Since April 2003, school nurse and school health officials have been clamoring for guidance
on how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and the Family …

This article supports the moral viewpoint that minors with decision-making capacity,
regardless of their age, should be involved in their health care decisions. When clinical care …

Society has an emerging respect for the impact that school health nursing programs have on
both the health and the education of school-age children. School nurses need to capture …

School nurses manage an immense amount of student health information, making electronic
documentation systems essential to provide effective care for students. This article describes …

School nurses are caretakers of a vast amount of sensitive student and family health
information. In schools, older computer hardware that previously stored education records is …

The privacy and security provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act
(HIPAA) are changing the standards for how identifiable health information is handled. This …

This article addresses practice issues related to school health records and school nursing
documentation. Because the issues have been posed by practicing school nurses, the …

It is the position of the National Association of School Nurses that electronic health records
(EHRs) are essential for the registered professional school nurse (hereinafter referred to as …

School nurses and health office employees are the creators and caretakers of legal
documentation. School nurses have an ethical and legal obligation to protect the integrity of …