Students Are Healthy, Well, and Ready to Learn In Palm Beach County Schools

Background: The Health Care District provides Registered Nurses in 198 Palm Beach County schools to maintain health and wellness within the student population through primary secondary and tertiary prevention. Purpose: The purpose of this study is to demonstrate how nursing interventions improve student attendance while keeping children in the classroom ready to learn. Significance: Establishing healthy behaviors during childhood and adolescence by promoting a healthy lifestyle can assist in the establishment of lifelong healthy behavior patterns. Findings: Children with Asthma, Allergies, Diabetes, and Vision and Hearing disorders responded positively to school based treatment and interventions. Conclusions and Recommendations: Asthma and Diabetes require consistent monitoring in the school setting to enable students to succeed within the academic environment. The same applies to students with visual and hearing disorders that become marginalized without early diagnosis, treatment and intervention Title: School nursing interventions improve health outcomes and encourage patterns of health and wellbeing across the lifespan. Program: School Health and Education Services Submitter's E-mail address: rwiewora@hcdpbc.org; ahedges@hcdpbc.org Preferred Presentation: Oral Only Learning Objectives: • Demonstrate how nursing interventions provided by school nurses improve health outcomes. • Explain how interventions and treatments teach students the necessary tools to remain healthy, well and prepared for a healthier future.