“Students don’t ask to see a counsellor”: how can school nurses help coping with everyday pain

School nurses are well-positioned to support adolescents experiencing pain secondary to stress and unhealthy lifestyle choices, but require training relevant to addressing such antecedents of pain. Paediatric nurse Brenna Quinn discusses with the editor of EBN Alison Twycross the challenge of supporting adolescents experiencing emotional or physical pain in schools.

Professor Quinn (University of Massachusetts Lowell, Solomont School of Nursing, USA) is the author of a commentary published by Evidence-Based Nursing titled: “School nurses are able to support adolescents experiencing pain secondary to stress and unhealthy lifestyle choices”. Read the paper here: http://ebn.bmj.com/content/21/2/45.