| Keywords |
Elementary student; Job description; School nursing; Type 1 diabetes |
| Abstract |
The purpose of this study was to analyze the role of a school nurse in managing elementary student with Type 1 diabetes. To identify the role of a school nurse in managing elementary student with Type 1 diabetes, DACUM job analysis was used. The DACUM committee were consisted with 4 expert school nurses, 1 emergency room nurse, 1 university professor in nursing faculty, and 1 nurse expert in DACUM analysis. They identified the tasks associated with each duty and completed the DACUM chart and suggested the priority of importance, difficulty, and performance level. The role of school nurse in managing elementary student with Type 1 diabetes were defined as ; Improve selfmanagement of elementary student with Type 1 diabetes to lead a healthy school life. 9 duties and 57 tasks were identified for the role of a school nurse in managing elementary student with Type 1 diabetes. The task ‘Support to build emergency medical services system’ and the task ‘Provide emergency nursing care’ were the priority training area for elementary school nurse in managing elementary student with Type 1 diabetes. It is necessary to develop a training curriculum including how to build emergency medical services system and to improve emergency nursing care skills. |