Introduction
The role of the school nurse has changed and, due
to the current health spectrum of school children
and new laws regulating documentation and work
practices, it is under constant development. The
school nurse’s work includes promoting school
children’s health, both on the individual and group
level. The increasing psychosocial illness among
school children requires new challenges and/or
changed work practices. Inferring theories and models
can be a way to clarify the school nurse’s role for
themselves, as well as for school children and their families,
school health staff, managers and decision
makers
Aim
The aim is to describe school nurse’s challenges and
changing role based on Bronfenbrenners ecological
systems theory.
Method
The model is based on the results from empirical studies
conducted on the activity of school nurses. Various
aspects of caring for a schoolchild/family are integrated
with health promoting measures, determinants
of health, ethical challenges, and the needs
for documentation