Piloting a team approach in school nursing in the inner city.
School nurses have been identified as having a major role in delivering the NHS plan through their work with the school community. To achieve this, multi-skilled teams are perceived as the way forward. This article reports on a stakeholder evaluation of three expanded school nurse teams piloted in an inner city area. Focus groups and semi-structured interviews were conducted with school health and education staff who were involved in the project. The findings show that a team approach in school nursing is possible. However its success would depend on developing mechanisms such as equitable workloads, team leadership and development training, and effective communication.
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