Public Health Nursing

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Public Health Nursing Section

Public health nurses integrate community involvement and knowledge about the entire population with personal, clinical understandings of the health and illness experiences of individuals and families within the population.

NEW 2010

4/22/2010 EH/Nursing Conference

Partnerships for Patient Safety through Environmental Sustainability & Evidence-Based Design  Env. Health No Harm Flyer

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138th APHA Annual Meeting  

Denver  Nov. 6-10, 2010

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Section Award Nominations 

Lillian Wald - Ruth Freeman - Creative Achievement  

Due 4/16/2010  See Section    Activites/Benefits for  details      

Beverly C. Flynn Public Health

Nursing Legacy Leadership  Annual mentorships 

Student Mentee Eligibility

A graduate nursing student with A public health concentration, a BSN student who plans to engage in PHN practice, and/ or a novice PHN currently employed in an agency with a public health focus.

 

Demonstrates an interest in the advancement of public health nursing through the applicant essay.

Due 4/13/2010 See Section    Activites/Benefits for  details       

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Newsletter: Winter 2010 

Please click on the following link:  newsletters/public_nur/winter10/

(ASTDN)The Public Health Nurse’s Role in Achieving Health Equity: Eliminating Inequalities in Health - Click on left tab: Resources/Links

NEW: Statement for Health Care Reform - Click on left tab: Resources/Links

Public Health Nursing Videos on Youtube! 

  • Many PHN’s volunteered to be videoed at the 2007-8 annual meetings.  They are on YouTube. Latest total 103!   Purpose: to show the many faces of Public Health Nurses and their work.  Link  www.youtube.com/user/rlourie1  If any PHN section member would like to be share their role as aPHN  contact Rita Lourie.    rlourie1@aol.com or 610-348-9695 (cell)

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    New  See Resource/ Links

     See Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments

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    See Resources/Links and Section Activites/Benefits for addtional information!