To begin a similar intervention, school nurses could
target the incoming cohort. If on the 30th day of each school
year, the school nurse disaggregates absence data on kindergarten,
sixth-, and ninth-grade students and modifies this
intervention’s approach, within 6 years, the cohorts will
have merged, and the school system may have decreased
absences related to illness or injury. If the school nurse contacts
the sick children’s families and triages appropriate
cases, the advance practice skills of the FNP could be maximized.
School nurse home visitation at parent request could
have an exponential effect when that parent teaches another.