The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Abstract #43767

Tine Hansen-Turton, MGA, National Nursing Centers Consortium, 260 South Broad Street, 18th Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19102, 215-731-7140, Tine@RNCC.org

This paper will focus on best practices of member centers of the National Nursing Centers Consortium (NNCC, an umbrella organization for 36 nurse-managed health centers. It will describe the work of selected centers and the NNCC in primary care and public health, presenting several specific program strategies and an overview of the impact and outcomes of services, education, and research achieved in these community-driven practice models.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe best practices used in the nurse-managed health center model of delivering health care to vulnerable populations.
• Evaluate outcomes of primary health care delivered in nurse-managed health centers.

Keywords: Nurse Managed Centers, Vulnerable Populations

Related Web page: www.nationalnursingcenters.org

Presenting author's disclosure statement:
I do not have any significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.