In order to find out the necessity of nurse-teacher maintenance for the rural primary
school, a study on the necessity of nursing room for the rural primary school student was carried out with consultation cards of both mobile nursing room and Health sub-center clinic operation for one year (from march 28th, 1974 to February 28th, 1975). Both of nursing room and Health sub-center clinic were operated by Maigok Christian clinic in Ahsan Kun, Chungnam. Following results were obtained with the analysis of both of the consultation cards.
1) More than 68.8% of total students on the register were treated more than one time.
2) Average times of treatment per a student on the register was 2.7, but that per a student who was treated more than one time was 3.9.
3) Most of students were treated less than 5 times. It´s rate was 77.2%, but less than 1 % of students were treated more than 20 times.
4) About 60% of total treated students utilized the nursing room. Rest students uti-lized the clinic.
5) About 50 students were treated per a nursing room operation time. Most of the :students were treated during September. There was no staitstical relationship between monthly nursing room operating times and treated student number.
6) In monthly utilization, there was no specific difference between months in 1st :semester, but September was highest in 2nd semester.
7) Of the total treated students, the Ist grade year students showed the lowest pe-rcentage, but the 2nd grade showed the highest percentage. Except the 1st grade, proportion decreased as grade increased.
8) In the content of treatment, external wound showed the highest rate (77. 1%) followed the internal diseases (24. 4%) and skin diseases (4. 4%)
9) In sex difference, male utilized the nursing room more frequently than female but it was reversed in clinic utility.
The results of the above research show that the priveleges of the medical treatment and the use of medical treatment rooms are not maintained, and it is quite evident that the schools are not making use of medical services for children.
And so if the school nurse was able to make use of simple medical services such as giving injections and administering simple medications, the rural school children´s health maintenance and their health problems could be resolved within the boundaries of the school.
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