TY - JOUR
T1 - School Nurses on the Front Lines of Medicine
T2 - Connecting the Dots: SCRIPTS for Success in the Evaluation of Pediatric Rashes
AU - Olympia, Robert P.
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 2017/5/1
Y1 - 2017/5/1
N2 - Although skin rashes may not necessarily prompt a visit to the school nurse's office, a rash associated with other systemic symptoms, such as fever, headache, difficulty swallowing or breathing, weakness, or abdominal pain, may cause a child to visit your office. This article describes the initial assessment and management of skin rashes in children and adolescents and delineates reasons that may prompt the school nurse to transfer a student with a rash to a local emergency department.
AB - Although skin rashes may not necessarily prompt a visit to the school nurse's office, a rash associated with other systemic symptoms, such as fever, headache, difficulty swallowing or breathing, weakness, or abdominal pain, may cause a child to visit your office. This article describes the initial assessment and management of skin rashes in children and adolescents and delineates reasons that may prompt the school nurse to transfer a student with a rash to a local emergency department.
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U2 - 10.1177/1942602X17695269
DO - 10.1177/1942602X17695269
M3 - Article
C2 - 28422618
AN - SCOPUS:85028672230
SN - 1942-602X
VL - 32
SP - 172
EP - 177
JO - NASN school nurse (Print)
JF - NASN school nurse (Print)
IS - 3
ER -