The New School Health Handbook: A Ready Reference for School Nurses and Educators - Paperback
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by Jerry Newton (Author), Richard Adams (Author), Marilyn Marcontel (Author)
This fully updated edition spells out what action school personnel should take when faced with specific physical, emotional and behavioral problems. Covering everything from the common cold to trauma, it helps school personnel make decisions that protect student health -- and prevent litigation. Plus, this new third edition offers expanded information on mental health, special education, teen pregnancy, STDs, and more.
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For all school health professionals, this comprehensive Third Edition of THE NEW SCHOOL HEALTH HANDBOOK provides answers on what action, if any, to take for all types of routine and emergency health problems-physical, emotional and behavioral-that occur in the school environment. It features updated information on all topics and expanded coverage of mental health, special education, teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases such as AIDS, and is conveniently organized into 19 sections:
- Administration of the Health Services Program
- Acute Illnesses and Emergencies
- Injuries
- Health Screening Programs
- Skin Conditions, Infections and Diseases
- Diseases of the Ears, Nose and Throat
- Eye Problems
- Diseases of the Lungs
- Diseases of the Heart
- Diabetes
- Infections of Special School Relevance
- Severe Physical Disabilities
- Diseases of the Brain
- Disorders of Learning
- Behavioral and Emotional Problems
- Psychoactive Medications
- Special Education Issues
- Teen Pregnancy
- Emerging Concepts
Author Biography
Jerry Newton, M.D., Medical Director of the San Antonio Public Schools for over 20 years and former Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Texas Medical School in San Antonio, is the author of the first two editions of The Handbook (1984, 1989).
Richard Adams, M.D., Director of Health Services for the Dallas Public Schools and Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, is the author of School Nurse's Survival Guide.
Marilyn Marcontel, R.N., is currently Coordinator of Nursing for the Dallas Public Schools and Assistant Clinical Professor of the College of Nursing at Texas Woman's University in Dallas.
