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American Public Health Association
133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition
December 10-14, 2005
Philadelphia, PA
APHA 2005
 
Session: Issues and Innovations in Public Health Nursing Practice
5189.0: Wednesday, December 14, 2005: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Oral
Issues and Innovations in Public Health Nursing Practice
In the ever-changing world, public health nurses are faced with a variety of obstacles. Bioterrorism preparedness is an example of a challenge that requires public health nurses to revise old practices and invent new ones. This session will highlight some of these obstacles and offer strategies and new innovations to overcome them.
Learning Objectives: 1. Discuss current issues that impact public health nursing practice. 2. Describe new innovations to improve public health nursing practice. 3. Identify public health nursing research priorities.
Moderator(s):Beverly Dandridge, MSN, FNP
2:30 PMBioterrorism: Innovative statewide preparation for public health nurses
Carol B. Isaac, MA, RN, Bevely J. Hays, PhD, RN
2:48 PMClinical nurse leader in community health  [ Recorded presentation ]
Pamela N. Clarke, MPH, PhD; FAAN
3:06 PMStatutory rape: Mandatory reporting in the Title X clinics of North Carolina  [ Recorded presentation ]
Debra Risisky, MEd
3:24 PMSettling the resettled: Public health nursing interventions assist Baltimore’s Somali Bantu refugees adapt to new and safe environments  [ Recorded presentation ]
Lori Ann Edwards, APRN, BC, MPH, Marguerite Baty, RN, BS, Jeanne McCarter, RN, BS
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by:Labor Caucus; Maternal and Child Health
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition (December 10-14, 2005) of APHA