Nurses must ensure the safety, health, and well-being of children attending education and care services and, at the same time, improve the educational and developmental outcomes for children attending these educational programs. You are a school nurse planning a prevention education program for your rural middle school students on alcohol, other drugs, and sex.
Questions
Discuss the ethical principles that might be employed or violated when working with school-aged children.
Consider decision-making capacity at the middle school-age. How will you design your program to consider it?
Identify key takeaways from the IHI Open School Course PFC 102: Key Dimensions of Patient- and Family-Centered Care that might be applied to the scenario above.