Publication Date
Spring 2023
Degree Type
Doctoral Project
Degree Name
Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Department
Nursing
First Advisor
Tamara Mckinnon
Second Advisor
Denise Dawkins
Third Advisor
Joan Edelstein
Keywords
structural competency, school nursing, social determinants of health, cultural competency, health equity, social justice
Abstract
The aim of this quality improvement project was to use structural competency as a tool to highlight the broad social, political, and economic structures that influence health and subsequent inequities and disparities. A one group, pre-and post-design quality improvement project was used to determine whether the Structural Competency Working Group curriculum influenced school nurses’ thought processes regarding the factors that influence health outcomes. The curriculum was adapted to a 1.5-hour training and delivered to a group of school nurses from a highly populated and socially, economically, and culturally diverse urban county in northern California. The results showed that after the training the school nurses had an increased awareness of the broader structures that impact student health. Teaching structural competency to school nurses offers the skills and tools they require to ensure students are able to reach their full academic potential.
Recommended Citation
Torres, Rachel J., "An Evaluation of a Structural Competency Training for School Nurses" (2023). Doctoral Projects. 166.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.31979/etd.djmn-xu3g
https://scholarworks.sjsu.edu/etd_doctoral/166
