Food allergy education for school nurses: A needs assessment survey by the consortium of food allergy research

Journal of School Nursing

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 360-367

  Carlisle, Suzanna K ^a   Vargas, Perla A ^b   Noone, Sally ^c   Steele, Pam ^d   Sicherer, Scott H ^c   Burks, A Wesley ^d   Jones, Stacie M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

education; emergency plan; food allergy; school nurses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FOOD ALLERGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING EDUCATION; NUTRITION; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL HEALTH NURSING;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FOOD HYPERSENSITIVITY; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SCHOOL NURSING;

EID: 78049303593     PISSN: 10598405     EISSN: 15468364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1059840510369482     Document Type: Article

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