Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #122060

Mary Pat Couig, MPH, RN, FAAN, Assistant Surgeon General, Chief Nurse Officer, US Public Health Service, 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857, 301-443-0577, mcouig@oc.fda.gov

An overview of the issues on the Scope of Nursing Practice and the role of public health nursing when responding to population-impacting emergencies and disasters. Issues include licensure and authority to practice in an expanded role; liability coverage; and, workers' compensation for the nurse when nurses are federalized during a response to a large-scale emergency/disaster.

Learning Objectives:

• Discuss the roles of nurses when they are federalized during public health emergency/disaster response

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.