TY - JOUR
T1 - Communication Between Schools Nurses and Health Care Providers on Students with Asthma
T2 - An Integrative Review
AU - Slas, Emma
AU - Nguyen, Yen
AU - McIltrot, Kimberly
N1 - Funding Information:
The author(s) received no financial support for the research, authorship and/or publication of this article.
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© The Author(s) 2021.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - School-based asthma programs have been proven to lessen the burden of pediatric asthma. There is a lack of successful care coordination between school nurses and primary care providers. This review examined strategies to increase communication and identified gaps in the literature. Databases, including PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, and The Cochrane Library, were searched to identify relevant articles. This review included 12 articles consisting of randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, mixed method studies, qualitative studies, and other non-research articles. Four key findings emerged, including limited availability of asthma action plans, inclusion of parents in the communication triad, school nurse outreach to providers, and improved communication leads to positive outcomes for students with asthma including decreased use of emergency medication and increased self-management of asthma. Further research is needed to develop evidence-based interventions that can be implemented to improve communication between school nurses and primary care providers.
AB - School-based asthma programs have been proven to lessen the burden of pediatric asthma. There is a lack of successful care coordination between school nurses and primary care providers. This review examined strategies to increase communication and identified gaps in the literature. Databases, including PubMed, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Embase, and The Cochrane Library, were searched to identify relevant articles. This review included 12 articles consisting of randomized controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, mixed method studies, qualitative studies, and other non-research articles. Four key findings emerged, including limited availability of asthma action plans, inclusion of parents in the communication triad, school nurse outreach to providers, and improved communication leads to positive outcomes for students with asthma including decreased use of emergency medication and increased self-management of asthma. Further research is needed to develop evidence-based interventions that can be implemented to improve communication between school nurses and primary care providers.
KW - asthma
KW - communication
KW - community
KW - integrative Reviews
KW - school Nurse Education
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U2 - 10.1177/10598405211045693
DO - 10.1177/10598405211045693
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34617825
AN - SCOPUS:85116594417
VL - 38
SP - 48
EP - 60
JO - Journal of School Nursing
JF - Journal of School Nursing
SN - 1059-8405
IS - 1
ER -