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The at-risk students were determined using three instruments: information obtained from parents at registration prior to the beginning of school; the school nurse's daily log; and a checklist containing 13 at-risk categories completed by classroom teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators. The study was done over a five month period consisting of 95 school days in a public school system with 1,474 students. Finding: During the visits to the school nurse, significant differences were observed between the at-risk and non at-risk student. The at-risk students visited the school nurse for health related concerns more often than the non at-risk students. Conclusions: The need for early identification and intervention of the at-risk student is apparent and necessary and can only be accomplished by a team approach of educators and school health personnel. Therefore, the importance of the school nurse in educational settings to aid in the identification and intervention of the at-risk student is evident and must be addressed by the public. Recommendations: Recommendations for further research include: (1) replication of this study using a larger sample, (2) a longitudinal study on the effectiveness of early recognition and intervention and counseling of the at-risk student, (3) a study to determine what specific category or gender of at-risk student is seen most often by the school nurse, and (4) a study of each grade level or age group to determine if there is a difference in presenting symptomotology between the at-risk student and the non at-risk student when visiting the school nurse.","abstract_html":"The Problem; The purpose of this study was to compare students who were defined as at-risk and those who were not at-risk to determine if there was a significant difference in proportion of visits to the school nurse. Procedure: For each initial health related daily visit to the school nurse by students in grades kindergarten through twelfth, a mark was placed in an "at-risk" column or a "non at -risk" column. The at-risk students were determined using three instruments: information obtained from parents at registration prior to the beginning of school; the school nurse's daily log; and a checklist containing 13 at-risk categories completed by classroom teachers, guidance counselors, and administrators. The study was done over a five month period consisting of 95 school days in a public school system with 1,474 students. Finding: During the visits to the school nurse, significant differences were observed between the at-risk and non at-risk student. The at-risk students visited the school nurse for health related concerns more often than the non at-risk students. Conclusions: The need for early identification and intervention of the at-risk student is apparent and necessary and can only be accomplished by a team approach of educators and school health personnel. Therefore, the importance of the school nurse in educational settings to aid in the identification and intervention of the at-risk student is evident and must be addressed by the public. Recommendations: Recommendations for further research include: (1) replication of this study using a larger sample, (2) a longitudinal study on the effectiveness of early recognition and intervention and counseling of the at-risk student, (3) a study to determine what specific category or gender of at-risk student is seen most often by the school nurse, and (4) a study of each grade level or age group to determine if there is a difference in presenting symptomotology between the at-risk student and the non at-risk student when visiting the school nurse.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Moeckly, Eleanor L."],"institution":"Drake University","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":1992,"date_issued":"1992-04","date_published":"1992-04","updated_at":"2026-07-27T19:19:36Z","subjects":["Problem youth--Medical care","Children with social disabilities--Medical care","Children of minorities--Medical care","School nursing--Medical examinations"],"languages":["en_US"],"rights":[],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.other","label":"Dc Identifier Other","values":["1992 .M722"],"render_values":[{"text":"1992 .M722","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2092/507","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Moeckly, Eleanor L."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2007-02-02T14:47:30Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2007-02-02T14:47:30Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["1992-04"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Drake University"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Thesis"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Problem youth--Medical care","Children with social disabilities--Medical care","Children of minorities--Medical care","School nursing--Medical examinations"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["en_US"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.other","label":"Dc Identifier Other","values":["1992 .M722"]},{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2092/507"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["iii, 109 leaves. 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