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This session focuses on Public Health Nursing Leadership. The session presentations are varied, but all address types of public health nursing leadership. One paper's aim is to ascertain the perceptions and challanges of effective leadership for local health department directors of nursing, while another focuses on a method of assessing Public Health Nursing Competency and using the information gained from the assessment to guide the development and conduct of the trainings and the implementation plans. The third paper discusses transformational leadership for rural health care, while the fourth discusses the creation of a sustainable and replicable School Based Health Center with multiple community partners.

Session Objectives: 1. Discuss challanges faced by public health nursing leaders to advance public health nursing. 2. Discuss tools to measure staff competency for population focused practice. 3. Describe components of a model for educating nursing leaders with the skills to address the problems in rural health care. 4. Identify the steps for the creation of a new School Based Health Center.

CE Credits: Medical (CME), Health Education (CHES), Nursing (CNE), Public Health (CPH) , Masters Certified Health Education Specialist (MCHES)