School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Infectious Diseases Popularized in the News

School nurses may deal with students presenting with symptoms associated with infections popularized in the news. Although rare, the implications of missing or misdiagnosing these infections are potentially life-threatening and devastating. We present three students presenting with febrile illnesses associated with neurologic symptoms, a rash, and fatigue, focusing on the initial assessment and management of these students and their associated "hot topic" infection. The authors also discuss two public health organizations, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (https://www.cdc.gov/) and the World Health Organization (https://www.who.int/), online references for the school nurse to research both emerging and common infectious diseases.

Lauren McNickle et al, School Nurses on the Front Lines of Healthcare: Infectious Diseases Popularized in the News, NASN School Nurse (35, 4) pp. . Copyright © 2020. DOI: 10.1177/1942602X20921426. 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: Infectious Diseases Popularized in the News
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  1. Lauren McNickle
  2. Robert P. Olympia
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Publication Date July 1, 2020
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