T HE POWE R OF T HE WORD VIGIL ANCE IN SCHOOL NURSING
L E ADI NG WI T H VI GI L ANCE : DR. OL I NDA JOHNSON PhD
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T HE POWE R OF T HE WORD VIGIL ANCE IN SCHOOL NURSING L E ADI NG WI T H VI GI L ANCE : DR. OL I NDA JOHNSON PhD PROFESSIONAL VIGILANCE IS THE ESSENCE OF CARING IN NURSING under the w atchful eyes of nursing An
L E ADI NG WI T H VI GI L ANCE : DR. OL I NDA JOHNSON PhD
A spe c ia lize d pra c tic e o f pro fe ssio na l nursing tha t a dva nc e s the we ll-b e ing , a c a de mic
suc c e ss, a nd life lo ng a c hie ve me nt o f stude nts. T
po sitive stude nt re spo nse s to no rma l de ve lo pme nt; pro mo te he a lth a nd sa fe ty; inte rve ne with a c tua l a nd po te ntia l he a lth pro b le ms; pro vide c a se ma na g e me nt se rvic e s; a nd a c tive ly c o lla b o ra te with o the rs to b uild stude nt a nd fa mily c a pa c ity fo r a da pta tio n, se lf- ma na g e me nt, se lf-a dvo c a c y, a nd le a rning .
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he sc ho o l nurse ha s a c ruc ia l ro le in the se a mle ss pro visio n o f c o mpre he nsive he a lth se rvic e s to c hildre n a nd yo uth. I nc re a sing numb e rs o f stude nts e nte r sc ho o ls with c hro nic he a lth c o nditio ns tha t re q uire ma na g e me nt during the sc ho o l da y. T his po lic y sta te me nt de sc rib e s fo r pe dia tric ia ns the ro le o f the sc ho o l nurse in se rving a s a te a m me mb e r in pro viding pre ve ntive se rvic e s, e a rly ide ntific a tio n o f pro b le ms, inte rve ntio ns, a nd re fe rra ls to fo ste r he a lth a nd e duc a tio na l suc c e ss. T
fo r suc c e ss. Re c o mme nda tio ns a re o ffe re d to fa c ilita te the wo rking re la tio nship b e twe e n the sc ho o l nurse a nd the c hild's me dic a l ho me . T his sta te me nt ha s b e e n e ndo rse d b y the Na tio na l Asso c ia tio n o f Sc ho o l Nurse s.
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Nursing re ma ins the mo st-truste d pro fe ssio n in Ga llup's a nnua l ho ne sty a nd e thic a l
sta nda rds po ll fo r the 15th ye a r running , with 84% o f re spo nde nts ra ting nurse s' ho ne sty a nd e thic a l sta nda rds a s hig h o r ve ry hig h. I n the surve y, pha rma c ists a nd physic ia ns fo llo we d nurse s with 67% a nd 65% ra ting s, re spe c tive ly.
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Nig hting a le (1860/ 1969) re c o g nize d the impo rta nc e o f vig ila nc e in nursing . I
n No te s o n Nursing , she wro te :
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he mo st impo rta nt pra c tic a l le sso n tha t c a n b e g ive n to nurse s is to te a c h the m wha t to
whic h a re o f impo rta nc e —whic h a re o f no ne —whic h a re e vide nc e o f ne g le c t—a nd o f wha t kind o f ne g le c t. All this is wha t o ug ht to ma ke pa rt, a nd a n e sse ntia l pa rt, o f the tra ining o f e ve ry nurse (P. 105).
a vita l e le me nt in the pra c tic e o f nursing .
he ha b it o f o b se rva tio n is o ne o f the mo st (if no t the mo st) e sse ntia l q ua litie s in nursing . ...T he re spo nsib ility [to o b se rve ] is distinc tly tha t
Witho ut c lo se o b se rva tio n...a nurse c a n no t c a rry o ut the first e sse ntia ls in nursing —tho se me a sure s no t pre sc rib e d b y the do c to r b ut dic ta te d b y the unde rlying princ iple s a nd me tho ds o f nursing itse lf (P. 219).
is lo o king fo r a nd, to a c e rta in e xte nt, wha t she is like ly to find. Ob se rva tio n is b a se d o n kno wle dg e , inte re st a nd a tte ntio n" (P. 51).
nurse s to re c o g nize impo rta nt c ue s in the ir pa tie nts.
pa tte rn o f kno wing in nursing . She de fine d pe rc e ptio n a s the "a c tive g a the ring to g e the r o f de ta ils a nd sc a tte re d pa rtic ula rs into a n e xpe rie nc e d who le fo r the purpo se o f se e ing wha t is the re " (P. 17).
is o fte n invisib le , a nd is no t c le a rly de sc rib e d o r ta ug ht to stude nts in nursing pro g ra ms.
a c tivitie s a re pe rfo rme d. I t is no t the a c tio n o f do ing so me thing . I t is the c o ntinuo us wa tc hfulne ss tha t is a lwa ys a pa rt o f a nurse ’ s thinking pro c e ss whe n pe rfo rming a c tivitie s, suc h a s ta king vita l sig ns. I t is the me nta l wo rk o f nursing a nd a pre re q uisite to info rme d nursing a c tio n.
re c o g nitio n o f the pro b le m so tha t suita b le a c tio n c a n b e ta ke n.”.
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