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| ASTDN Position Paper: National Nurse Proposal December 27, 2006 |
| The Public Health Nursing Shortage: A Threat to the Public's Health The Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations November 2006 |
This paper, focuses on the shortage of public health nurses in official governmental agencies, identifies the effects of the shortage on the public's health, and recommends strategies for addressing the problem. |
| Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR) Consensus Document |
Assuring Quality Health Care for the United States: Building and Sustaining an Infrastructure of Qualified Nurses for the Nation released May, 2007 |
| Public Health Nursing Journal: Issue on Public Health Nursing Competencies |
The March/April 2006 issue of Public Health Nursing focuses on Public Health Nursing Competencies. Public Health Nursing, Volume 23, Issue 2 (2006) Single issues of the journal may be purchased by contacting Customer Services at Blackwell Publishing, Ltd. at the single issue rate ($31 personal, $93 institutional.) customerservices@oxon.blackwellpublishing.com. Information about subscriptions and ordering individual copies is also provided in the inside front cover of the journal (making it easy for anyone who orders a single issue to get a subscription if they so desire). |
| Quad Council Public Health Nurse Competencies Finalized April, 3, 2003 |
This document complements the "Definition of Public Health Nursing" adopted by the APHA Public Health Nursing Section in 1996 and the Scope and Standards of Public Health Nursing (Quad Council, 2006). Differentiating public health nursing competencies at the generalist and specialist levels helps to clarify the specialty for both the discipline of nursing and the profession of public health. |
| ANA - Adapting Standards of Care Under Extreme Conditions: Guidance for Professionals During Disasters, Pandemics, and Other Extreme Emergencies, March 2008 |
| Included content in the document: Emergency competencies for clinicians, Unusual care expectations , & Recommendations for emergency care pre, during and post event. |
| The Role of Public Health Nurses In Emergency Preparedness and Response October 2007 |
The purpose of this position paper is to provide national guidance during emergencies to all public health nurses in the United States and its Territories. This guidance describes the roles and actions public health nurses must take to protect the health and safety of communities, families, and individuals during emergencies. This position paper will be useful in clarifying the expertise that public health nurses can contribute to teams that serve to protect the health and safety of communities against disaster threats and realities. |
| Environmental Health Principles & Recommendations for Public Health Nursing American Public Health Association, Public Health Nursing Section, December 2005 |
| Public Health Nursing: A Partner for Healthy Populations written by ASTDN and published by the American Nurses Association, 2000. |
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3/11/08 |