School nursing - outbreaks do not come from nowhere
The degradation of community health nursing in Israel reflects the following: 1 - the nurse used to be present daily, then, she was present weekly. Even a once a week presence can be enough to build some rapport and trust with students and their families, and able to : a - educate regarding the importance of vaccines b - track side effects to vaccines. 2 - the signature on the health declaration, which includes a clause for vaccine allowance, is simply not working with parents. After almost a decade in implementing this policy, parents expect to give final approval for the vaccines at the time of administration, not via a signature on a form in the summer before the school year begins. This policy does not work. Parents have been angered that their child was vaccinated based only on this signature, yet, the management that oversees school nursing insists on this policy, one that surely breaks trust. 3 - heights and weights used to be performed in the first, third, fifth and ...