#Mylifeline: Part - I

The overarching concern for the study participants in the youth fitness survey is to assure that all physical activities are safe for the children who are recruited into the study.

The Nurse Review (NR) application was developed to support safety and reporting procedures with the following functionalities: 1. Provide the nurse practitioners with a comprehensive application in which to administer safety exclusion and component screening questionnaires with the parent or guardian. The exclusion questions are designed to identify conditions that will result in an exclusion from any of the following exams: treadmill, gross motor skills, plank, pull-up, grip strength, physical activity monitor, and lower body muscle strength (see Chapter 2). 2. Review the medications and health history information obtained during the home interview. 3. Give the nurse practitioners an opportunity to review and verify that all the exams are safe and appropriate for the National Youth Fitness (NYFS) staff to administer. 4. Allow the nurse to print a provider referral letter with comments if any clinical findings were discovered during any of the exams (see Chapter 3). 5. Provide a platform in which to document incidents and emergencies (see Chapter 4).