I want to preface this post with the caveat that as registered nurses we are not able to diagnose any condition but we can perform our examination and give recommendations as to what we believe the issue might be. The students would always have to follow up with a doctor or nurse practitioner for diagnosisContinue reading “Do You Use a Wood’s Lamp in Your Health Room?”
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Is BMI Actually a Useful Tool in Determining Health Status of Children?
School nurses have long been using the BMI (Body Mass Index) scale to determine risk for childhood obesity. Each year we check heights and weights of our students and then send home a letter to parents reporting that their child is over or under weight based on the BMI scale. But is this really theContinue reading “Is BMI Actually a Useful Tool in Determining Health Status of Children?”
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