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School Nurse Practices Related to Blood Pressure Screening, and Identification and Monitoring of High Blood Pressures in Youth.

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  • Alternative Title:
    The Journal of School Nursing: the Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses, June 2026: School Nurse Practices Related to Blood Pressure Screening, and Identification and Monitoring of High Blood Pressures in Youth.
  • Journal Article:
    The Journal of School Nursing: the Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses
  • Personal Author:
    Goulding, Melissa ; Branley, Claire ; O'Brien, Mary Jane ; Hayman, Laura L ; Lemon, Stephenie C.
  • Description:
    Despite rising prevalence of high blood pressure among youth, literature on school nurses' practices related to youth blood pressure is limited. We aimed to describe school nurses' current practices related to blood pressure screening and identification and monitoring of high blood pressures. We conducted a web-based national survey of currently practicing school nurses and received 195 responses across 37 states. All participants reported having a blood pressure cuff, nearly all (98%) reported confidence measuring children's blood pressure, and 82% reported interest in doing more to support children's cardiovascular health. Blood pressure measurement by school nurses was common (73% reported "sometimes" or "often" and 25% reported "seldomly"). However, only 32% stated hypertension impacts their students and only 19% endorsed having enough time to complete all their necessary tasks. In describing school nurse's current practices related to youth blood pressure, we highlight opportunities for expanding this role and considerations for doing so.
  • Content Notes:
    Author manuscript
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  • Source:
    The Journal of School Nursing: the Official Publication of the National Association of School Nurses, June 2026
  • DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1177/10598405241300466
  • ISSN:
    1059-8405 ; 1546-8364
  • Pubmed ID:
    39686686
  • Pubmed Central ID:
    PMC12351536
  • Document Type:
    Text
  • Funding:
    T32 CA172009/CA/NCI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; T32 HL120823/HL/NHLBI NIH HHSUnited States/ ; U48 DP006381/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHSUnited States/
  • Genre:
    Journal Article
  • Place as Subject:
    United States
  • Pages in Document:
    10598405241300400 (15 pdf pages)
  • Download URL:
    https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/261852/cdc_261852_DS1.pdf
  • File Type:
    Filetype[PDF - 214.72 KB]
  • Collection(s):
    CDC Public Access
  • Main Document Checksum:
    urn:sha-512:321f8e04a845020c850eb1184b99c2ff4777e8e20192d8b65fb070b47d923a7b02bf5cd5b8e0385d2fe1efcfb61b1a3ec86f7e5d68c08151c1eedfd856f7577d

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