School bullying and the school nurse

This article is an attempt to investigate the popular issue of school bullying taking into account the multidimensional role of the school nurse. The term “school bullying” undoubtedly includes the use of violence between students or peers to cause some kind of disturbance, even pain. Unfortunately, no student is exempted from this phenomenon. School bullying generally includes the use of verbal, physical, electronic and social violence. The existence of a school nurse can contribute decisively to the prevention and elimination of school bullying phenomena. The thorough investigation of causes and effects as well as the decisive role of the school nurse will be the main axes of the present bibliographic review.

Keywords: School nurse, causes, responsibilities, violence, bullying