ORIGINAL RESEARCH article
Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Parents' and teachers' perception about the impact of school nurse role in Saudi Arabia
Provisionally accepted
Eman Bajamal1,2*
Zainab AlShami1,2Ebtisam Aljahdali1,2Maha Alotaibi1,2Hanan Alharthi1,2Razan Alotaibi1,2- 1College of Nursing, King Saud bin Abdulaziz University for Health Sciences, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
- 2King Abdullah International Medical Research Center, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Purpose: To assess the parent's and teacher's perception of the school nurse role in Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross-sectional study of 305 participants of parents and teachers in Saudi Arabia. Data was collected using a previously tested and validated questionnaire to measure the parents and teacher perception about the role of school nurse. Results: Approximately 305 participants completed the online questionnaire. The total perception scores ranged from 0.00 to 34.00, with a mean of (M = 27.52, SD = 5.96). The scale demonstrated excellent internal consistency (Cronbach's α = .902; McDonald's ω = .896). Exploratory factor analysis supported a four-factor structure, explaining 58.6% of the total variance. The results revealed that the divorced participants had significantly lower perception of the school nurse's role than married and widowed participants. Similarly, participants with lower family income demonstrated lower perceptions of the school nurse role than higher family income participants. Additionally, uneducated participants had significantly lower perceptions of the school nurse's role in providing first aid and emergency care compared with high school education/undergraduate/graduate degree participants. Conclusion: The findings highlight that most participants perceived the school nurse as playing a vital role in delivering comprehensive health services within the school setting. This underscores the significance of strengthening school nursing services to support student well-being and health promotion.
Keywords: School nurse, quantitative research, Parents' perception, teachers' perception, Saudi Arabia
Received: 04 Aug 2025; Accepted: 04 Nov 2025.
Copyright: © 2025 Bajamal, AlShami, Aljahdali, Alotaibi, Alharthi and Alotaibi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
* Correspondence: Eman Bajamal, bajamale@ksau-hs.edu.sa
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