學校衛生護理未來的發展趨勢

Future Trends in School Health Nursing

學校衛生護理工作是最“前線”的一項社區護理專業工作，校護必須是學有專精、不單要有專業知識理論同時應具實務技能，校護工作有不可取代的價值。近年來由於社會環境的變遷，疾病型態的改變，加上生育率下降與消費者意識的抬頭，種種的改變促使學校衛生工作更日趨重要。但學校衛生護理的領域有其獨特性，為了符合社會的需求，學校衛生護理勢必走向專科化，為朝向學校衛生專科護理師的發展，必須要有規劃妥善的職前教育，且更重要的回歸到進階制度；進入學校工作的護理人員，必須要有相當的臨床實務經驗，最好是在醫療機構中已經完成N3的訓練之後再接受校護的職前訓練，才能發揮校護專業知能，滿足工作上的需求，如此亦可讓醫療機構臨床實務人員，在年齡稍高之後仍有另一可持續貢獻專長，發揮護理功能的機會。這對整個護理專業也是積極且正向的發展。

School health nursing is one of the ”frontline” professional community nursing services. School nurses need both theoretical professional knowledge and practical skills. The tasks of school nurses are becoming increasingly important due to the changing social environment, changes in disease patterns, decreasing birth rates, and the increasing demands of today's customers. But the field of school health nursing enjoys a certain independence. In line with society's demands, the essential trend in school health nursing is specialization. Planned and well-arranged pre-service education is required to develop programs for school nurse specialists, and, more importantly, we need to return to the advancement system. Nurses working at schools need plenty of clinical, practical experience, ideally having completed in-service education at N3 level in a medical institution, so that they can bring their professional competence into play, and satisfy the demands of their work. In this way, the nurses work in medical institutions will still have opportunities to contribute their skills when they are elderly. This is a constructive and positive development for the nursing profession.