學校護理的奮鬥歷程－－看護理角色及影響力之拓展

Competition in School Nursing: The Development of the Nursing Role and Its Influences

本文在探討台灣校護的奮鬥過程與及其對學校護理發展的影響。台灣學校護士橫亙「教育」與「衛生」兩個領域，但由於我國並未清楚定位校護在校園中的角色與功能，導致被政府財政單位視為無關痛癢的雞肋角色，而忽略其在校園健康照護的重要功能。本文將分別由我國學校護理專業圖象的發展著手，先行檢閱校護存在校園的必要性；再檢視近十年來校護協進會為爭取校護權益所面臨的問題與應對方案，以綜合統整編制內的校護角色對促進學校護理的貢獻與面臨之問題；最後再提出目前學校護理與校護角色面臨的困境與未來的發展方向。

This essay focuses on the competition between school nurses and the effect of such on the development of school nursing. As questions regarding the role that school nurses should play and what kind of functions they should have in school have yet to be answered, school nurses are sometimes considered as useless, with school healthcare suffering as a result. This essay first examines the development of professional school nursing in order to demonstrate the import role played by nurses in schools. Critical problems identified by the R.O.C. School Nurses Association over the past decade in their work to secure school nurse rights and their solutions will be explained in order to underscore the contribution of school nurses and problems presently faced. Finally, the present dilemma and future direction of school nursing and nurses will be described.