School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine: An Adolescent Female Student with Severe Abdominal Pain

Robert P. Olympia; Jodi Brady

doi:10.1177/1942602X16654172

School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine: An Adolescent Female Student with Severe Abdominal Pain

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Abdominal pain is a common chief complaint encountered by school nurses. This article explains the etiology of abdominal pain in children and adolescents, describes the office assessment, and delineates life-threatening conditions associated with severe abdominal pain that may prompt the school nurse to transfer the student to a local emergency department.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	271-277
Number of pages	7
Journal	NASN School Nurses
Volume	31
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X16654172
State	Published - Sep 1 2016

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School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine: An Adolescent Female Student with Severe Abdominal Pain

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