The goal of this project was to analyze the contribution of nursing services in K-12 educational systems and to create a system dynamics model for policy testing and exploration. Through analysis of secondary and tertiary data, our discussions with nurses active in the field, and literature on the subject, we created a dynamic hypothesis and a simple model that represents the system we identified. Based on analysis of the model, created by the process presented throughout this work, we found that the incremental contribution of allocating a larger fraction of the budget to nursing services is high at first, but the marginal value declines rapidly and becomes negative after a threshold value has been reached. Further analysis is needed to identify this threshold.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Dodd, Jason
• Barrie, Nolan Farrall
• Ali, Alsan

Subject

• Well-Being
• Community
• Health

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-043010-133840

Keyword

• Medical care
• Public health

Advisor

• Saeed, Khalid

Year

• 2010

Sponsor

• Massachusetts School Nurse Organizatoin

Date created

• 2010-04-30

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright