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A Proposal for Certification of School Nurses The West Virginia Model
Author(s) -
Morris Jean G.,
Stuck Roberta
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of school health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.851
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1746-1561
pISSN - 0022-4391
DOI - 10.1111/j.1746-1561.1981.tb02205.x
Subject(s) - west virginia , certification , school nurse , scope (computer science) , medical education , nursing , medicine , political science , psychology , geography , archaeology , computer science , law , programming language
The need for school nurse certification has been a longstanding concern of school health providers and citizens interested in school health. The West Virginia School Health Association formed a task force to study this need in West Virginia and to formulate a proposal for submission to the West Virginia Department of Education. The proposal addresses the need for school nurse certification, supplies supportive information regarding scope of problem, relates this problem to West Virginia's educational goals and provides information for potential improvement for education. A committee of educators and nurses are in the process of formulating educational and competency requirements for certification of school nurses in West Virginia.