School health programs provide valuable services for students and
may also serve the school’s community. School-age children and
adolescents with health problems are at major risk for underachieving
or failing in school. The leading health problems of
elementary-school children are injuries, infections (including influenza
and pneumonia), malnutrition, dental disease, and cancer.
The leading problems for high-school students are alcohol
and drug abuse, [...]

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The use of complementary and alternative health has been steadily increasing in the United States (Eisenberg, Ettner, Appel, Wilkey, Van Rompay, & Keesler, 1998). For many clients with chronic conditions, mainstream medical care offers few options. Long-term treatments with medications often produce their own iatrogenic (treatment-caused) health problems, some of which are as troubling to [...]

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While conducting an assessment of the patient’s situation, the
nurse evaluates the need for future visits and the frequency with
which those visits may need to be made. To make these judgments,
the nurse may find it helpful to consider the following
factors:
• Current health status: How well is the patient progressing?
How serious are the present signs and symptoms? [...]

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