School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Recognizing "BONES" and Knowing When to Pick Up the Phone: Eating Disorders Among Students in the School Setting

Through a case presentation, this article describes the assessment and management of a student presenting with a history of disordered eating and weight loss. As medical concerns are brought to the attention of the school nurse, it is important for the school nurse to be aware of common signs and symptoms seen in students with undiagnosed or established eating disorders, as well as possible medical complications associated with untreated or poorly controlled eating disorders. Possible signs and symptoms associated with eating disorders that require outpatient referral or emergent management is delineated in this article, and school nurses are provided with a helpful mnemonic called "BONES" to aid in the recognition of eating disorders in the school setting.

Christy Lucas et al, School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Recognizing “BONES” and Knowing When to Pick Up the Phone: Eating Disorders Among Students in the School Setting, NASN School Nurse (37, 2) pp. . Copyright © 2022. DOI: 10.1177/1942602X20942531. Users who receive access to an article through a repository are reminded that the article is protected by copyright and reuse is restricted to non-commercial and no derivative uses. Users may also download and save a local copy of an article accessed in an institutional repository for the user's personal reference. For permission to reuse an article, please follow our Process for Requesting Permission.

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Work Title School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Recognizing "BONES" and Knowing When to Pick Up the Phone: Eating Disorders Among Students in the School Setting
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  1. Christy Lucas
  2. Jodi Brady-Olympia
  3. Robert P. Olympia
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  1. NASN School Nurse
Publication Date July 30, 2020
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  1. https://doi.org/10.1177/1942602X20942531
Deposited May 23, 2023

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