A Nurse for Each School: Students with Disabilities and Their Health Requirements

Abstract

It is known that students with different disabilities such as special needs, chronic illness, hearing-visual disability have difficulties to attend school regularly and participate effectively in school learning processes due to their health problems. School health nurses provide an important opportunity for the integration students to meet and monitor the health needs in the school life, and evaluate the students and their families to cooperate. This article focuses on the health needs of the students with disabilities and the role of the school health nurse.

It is known that students with different disabilities such as special needs, chronic illness, hearing-visual disability have difficulties to attend school regularly and participate effectively in school learning processes due to their health problems. School health nurses provide an important opportunity for the integration students to meet and monitor the health needs in the school life, and evaluate the students and their families to cooperate. This article focuses on the health needs of the students with disabilities and the role of the school health nurse.

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Keywords

• nurse,students with disabilities,school health

Her Okula Bir Hemşire: Kaynaştırma Öğrencileri ve Sağlık Gereksinimleri

Abstract

Özel gereksinim, süreğen hastalık, işitme-görme engeli gibi farklı yetersizlikleri olan kaynaştırma öğrencilerinin sağlık problemleri nedeniyle okula düzenli devam etme ve okulda öğrenme süreçlerine etkin katılmada güçlük yaşadıkları bilinmektedir. Okul sağlığı hemşireleri, kaynaştırma öğrencilerinin okul yaşantısında sağlık gereksinimlerinin karşılanması, izlenmesi, öğrenci ve ailesinin bütüncül olarak değerlendirilmesi ve iş birliği yapılması bakımından önemli bir fırsat sunmaktadır. Bu makalede kaynaştırma öğrencilerinin sağlık gereksinimleri ve okul sağlığı hemşiresinin rolü üzerinde durulmuştur.

Keywords

• hemşire,kaynaştırma öğrencisi,oku sağlığı

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