The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA

Session: Strengthening PHN Workforce Capacity
5068.0: Wednesday, November 13, 2002: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Strengthening PHN Workforce Capacity
The session will explore the erosian of PHN's population-focused education and practice over time and the challenges this poses in addressing present and emerging public health problems. Both educational and workplace strategies will be presented for strengthening public health nursing's workforce capacity.
Learning Objectives: 1. Identify essential population-focused practice competencies, and srategies for enhancing PHN knowledge and skills 2. Articulate the benefits of academic-practice partnerships in professional development 3. Discuss goals and strategies for improving recruitment and retention of PHN's in practice settings
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Presider(s):Martha Neff-Smith, PhD, RN, MPH, FAAN
8:30 AMPartnerships for Identifying and Meeting the Educational Needs of Public Health Nurses in Oregon
Catherine Salveson, RN, PhD, Joyce Edmonds, RN, MPH
8:42 AMLeadership in Health Care Systems: Health Administration and Nursing Educator
Ardys M. Dunn, PhD, PNP, Cecelia Capuzzi, PhD, RN
8:54 AMStatewide survey of public health nursing workforce capacity
Kathleen A. Baldwin, PhD, RN, L. Michele Issel, PhD, RN, Roberta L. Lyons, MPH, CHES, Lori A. Farneti, BSN, RN
9:06 AMAdvancing public health nursing education
Kathleen A. Baldwin, PhD, RN, L. Michele Issel, PhD, RN, Roberta L. Lyons, MPH, CHES
9:18 AMWithdrawn -- Public health nursing toolbox
Margaret L. Beaman, RN, PhD, Pat Donald, RN, Evelyn Norton, RN
9:30 AMHow much public health in public health nursing practice?
Kevin Grumbach, MD, Janet Miller, BSN, Elizabeth Mertz, MPA, Leonard J. Finocchio, DrPH
9:42 AMEvaluating the educational needs of PHNs related to a PHN practice model
Noël Bazini-Barakat, RN, MPH, Cherié R. Forsha, RN, MSN/MPH, CNS
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
CE Credits:Health Education (CHES), Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work

The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA