The role of school health services in student care team at some of the upper secondary schools of John Bauer

Background: School health services of today focus on prevention and health promotion within the school. A collaboration between the school health services and the student care team from the guidelines with focus on the student, is expected. Purpose: The purpose was to illustrate School nurses vocational experiences and what the role of school health services in the student care team at upper secondary schools of John Bauer in relationship to the vision of the school. Method: Qualitative content analysis with inductive approach was used (Lundman &Hällgren-Graneheim, 2008). Data was collected by interviewing school nurses at School of John Bauer. Result: From the results school nurse´s health enhancement-and promoting work, team cooperation, prioritizing, management and co-ordination were found. From the data eight categories were found such as teamwork, health promoting tools, follow-up of schoolenvironment, knowledge, accessibility, low prioritized student care team, inadequate management and co-ordination of the team. Conclusion: According to the study, time limits and lack of comprehension from school management makes it more difficult for school health service to reach its fully potential. Theresults can be used to improve school nurses´ situation through self-education and encourage education of other student care team members and quality assurance