Objectives: This review aims to describe the role of the school nurse in protecting children and young people from maltreatment by examining the international literature. Child maltreatment is a prevalent issue in global society today and includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect and exploitation. School nurses are ideally placed to identify and work with children and young people who are at risk of maltreatment through their regular contact with the school community. Design: Integrative literature review incorporating thematic analysis.

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Drawing on the authors' research experiences, and using Anna Tsing's (2005) concept of “friction,” this article considers how ethnographic research is an essentially collaborative project. Ethnographic knowledge is generated by researchers and their (intended) participants – our agencies and agendas – come together to co-create a field of research. We argue that how these contextually embedded agendas align, differ, and/or diverge deeply shapes ethnographic knowledge. We also consider the effects of ethnographic legacies: of past ethnographers on their contemporaries; of the ideal, “slow” ethnographic approach for researchers working outside of academia; and of the future afterlives of our own work.

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Effective and meaningful participation in the mine closure planning process is a commonly prescribed goal of leading industry best practice guidance. The expected outcome is a social licence to operate for the companies, sustainable regions for governments and lasting legacies for communities. However, the extent to which this objective translates into practice is not well understood conceptually or empirically. In this paper, we draw on both literature and project experience to outline conceptual factors that are understood to contribute to a social licence to operate during mine closure processes. Specifically, we outline how social impact assessment (SIA) can be used as a practical tool to assist mine companies achieve and maintain what we term a 'social licence to close' during mine closure processes and provide examples of the application of SIA in successful closure planning programs. We argue that systematic and research-driven consultation and collaboration with stakeholders, anchored within the SIA process, is a powerful tool to gain trust, understand impacts of closure specific to each stakeholder group and develop meaningful and effective measures for transition to a post-mining future. This paper will be of interest to industry practitioners seeking to optimise their closure efforts from a social performance perspective.

Lauren Harding shares the learning activities and outcomes of a Florence Nightingale Foundation Travel Scholarship to Tokyo/Japan, undertaken in March 2018 to explore how school nurses protect children from maltreatment.

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Background: Electronic Health Records (EHR) provide an interesting potential data set for nursing research but can present challenges for data collection and data quality, as health care IT systems are often not designed with research in mind.Aim: To present an example of data collection using Electronic Health Records (EHR), conducted as part of a research study into the role of the school nurse in child protection. Methods: Descriptive analysis of quantitative, secondary data. Discussion: Data were successfully obtained from Electronic Health Records (EHR) to understand school nursing caseloads and interventions with vulnerable children and young people. Major limitations included variances in record systems, such as different 'labels' used for interventions. These limitations were addressed during data collection by reviewing organisational record keeping guidance and a working knowledge of the different EHR systems. Conclusion: Conducting research using Electronic Health Records (EHR) has provided important learning about the potential of this type of data and the promise it holds for future research.