5187.0 Hot topics in Public Health Nursing

Wednesday, November 10, 2010: 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM
Oral
Language, cultural, economic and access barriers did not stop the public health nursing workforce from promoting health promotion and disease prevention strategies including an vast and varied populations especially in response to the Pandemic of 2009-2010. This session addresses hot topic issues in public health nursing.
Session Objectives: 1. The learner will be able to describe one of hot topics in public health nursing. 2. The learner will discuss population based public health nursing preparation at the graduate level.
Moderator:
Kitty Mahoney

12:30pm
Education for Population-based Infection Control & Environmental Safety: Preparing the Next Generation of Infection Preventionists and Why We Should Care
Ida Androwich, PhD, RN-BC, FAAN and Diana P. Hackbarth, RN, PhD, FAAN
     
12:50pm
Assessing the risk of pathological weight management behaviors: A study of college students
A. Serdar Atav, PhD, Jennifer Wegmann, MASS and Sarah Thompson, MASS
        
1:10pm
Using Resources in the Community to Effectively Distribute H1N1 Vaccine
Elaine Braccia, RN, Anne T. Fountain, MPH, Lynn Galgano, RN, Olga M. Brown-Vanderpool, BSN, MPH, MA and Johnnie A. Lee, MD,MPH,FACP
     
1:30pm
Preparing for Pandemic H1N1
Lucille M. Rayford, RN, PHN, MSN, Melanie Barr, RN, PHN, MSN, Lisa Crowder, RN/PHN, MSN, Soraya Montoya, RN, CNS, MSN/MPH, Diana Sosa, MSN/MPH and Tracey Simmons, RN, PHN, MSN
     

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Organized by: Public Health Nursing

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH)

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