School nurses are integral in ensuring that children’s physical and emotional health is attended to in the educational setting. Yet, there is little written to guide them as they interact with military-connected students, who experience unique stressors due to their parent’s uniformed service.
This article will provide contextual information that can assist school nurses in knowing who these children and youth are, the unique life experiences that can affect their performance at school, and improve their awareness of military culture so they can provide military-informed care for these children.
Military-connected children (MCS) are the children of the men and women who serve in active or reserve status or in the National Guard and live in nearly every zip code across the United States.
