Nurses Lead the Way for “Safe in the Sun” Play!
Abstract
Skin cancer prevention is of great importance as it is the most common type of cancer in the United States. Much skin damage occurs early in life. Adolescents are a vulnerable population, as they strive to fit in with their peers, and they neglect sun safety habits. Since a substantial portion of adolescents’ time is spent at school, school nurses are in an ideal position to develop and lead a sun safety action plan, using guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and evidence-based sun safety internet resources. It is hoped that incorporating a culture of skin health promotion and disease prevention among teens will lead to improved health outcomes in the future.
Faculty Members
- Lauren Moore - Nurse Practitioner, Bay Hematology Oncology, Easton, MD
- Mary Parsons - Director, Graduate & Second Degree Nursing Programs, Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD
Themes
- Adolescent health
- Public health education
- Skin cancer prevention
- Health promotion
- School nursing
Categories
- Curriculum and instruction
- Nursing education
- Student counseling and personnel services
- Nursing science
- Educational leadership and administration, general
- Health sciences
- Education research nec
- Education
- Teacher education
- Higher education and community college administration
- Education leadership and administration
- Nursing specialties and practice
- Nursing and nursing science
- Public health education and promotion
- Public health, general
- Adult, continuing, and workforce education and development
- Special education and teaching
- Education research
- Public health