3078.0: Monday, October 22, 2001: 12:30 PM-2:00 PM

Oral Session

Strengthening Public Health Nursing Practice

Exploring the development of clinical expertise among public health nurses.
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement.
Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the development of clinical know-how among public health nurses.
Presider(s):Kaye W. Bender, RN, MSN
12:30 PMBuilding a basic rural public health nursing workforce
Judith A. Barton, PhD, Lauren Clark, PhD, Phyllis Graham-Dickerson, PhD
12:45 PMDeveloping a Successful Preceptor Network for Public Health Nurses
Laurel A. Briske, MA, RN, CPNP, Linda Olson Keller, MS, BSN, CS, Susan Strohschein, MS, BSN, LaVohn Josten, PhD, RN, Sharon Cross, RN, MSPH
1:00 PMDiamonds in the rough: Learning to be a public health nurse
Lee SmithBattle, Margaret Diekemper, RN, MSN, CS, Sheila Leander, RN, MSN
1:15 PMIncorporating concepts of primary health care in primary care
Sonda Oppewal, RN, PhD, Mary Kay Anderson, MSN, PhD
1:30 PMReinvigoration of public health nursing practice in Los Angeles County
Margaret Avila, RN/NP, MSN, MS, Kathleen N. Smith, APRN, BC, MPH
Sponsor:Public Health Nursing
Cosponsors:Occupational Health and Safety; Socialist Caucus
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 129th Annual Meeting of APHA