Pediatric nursing
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For some students with asthma, allergies, or anaphylaxis, school attendance can be risky. School administrators and educators are ill prepared to address medical challenges of students with chronic illness. Yet, the number of school nurses employed in the United States and the nurse-student ratio is uncertain. ⋯ Additionally, school indoor air quality is often poor and adversely affects students' health. Nurses are natural educators and advocates. Both of these roles are instrumental in empowering families to ensure the health of their children with asthma and allergies while in school.
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To illuminate the lived experience of women facing the threat of lossing their newborn child and then experiencing the reality of their infant's death. ⋯ Women need the opportunity to evolve their own patterns and rhythms in the ambivalent transition from expected motherhood to experiencing neonatal dying and death. Knowledge about the individuality of this process may assist nurses in improving the quality of care.