141st APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition

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Public health nursing workforce issues

Tuesday, November 5, 2013: 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Oral
This session explores workforce development issues at the national and international level. Nursing faculty in the U.S. partnered with a NGO and Kenyan project team to help Kenyan faculty learn to use new clinical lab equipment and different pedagogic approaches in their skills lab to help improve nursing education in public health and acute care settings. Additional findings will inform recruitment and retention practices in remote settings among vulnerable populations
Session Objectives: Identifies issues related to the public health nursing workforce that have been identified as a national research priority.
Moderator:
Rosa D. Darling, PhD, RNC-NIC

4:30pm
Public health nurses' self-reported practice competency   
Rosemary V. Chaudry, RN, PhD, MPH, Barbara Polivka, PhD and D. J. Sam Chapman, MPH, RN
4:50pm
Benefiting from technical assistance at global and local levels to improve the nursing workforce   
Sonda Oppewal, PhD, RN, APHN-BC and Darlene Baker, MSN, RN
5:10pm
Extreme nursing: Qualities and attributes of long-term retained nurses in Bristol Bay Alaska   
Maria Gilson deValpine, RN MSN PhD
5:30pm
Preparing public health nurses for population-focused practice   
Jeanne B. Hewitt, PhD RN, Deborah Pasha James, BS (nursing), PhD dissertator, Ann Backus, MS and Luis Delgado

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Public Health Nursing
Endorsed by: Health Administration

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

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