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ASTDN Position Paper: National Nurse Proposal ASTDN Actions on National Nurse Proposal |
| ASTDN Endorses Americans For Nursing Shortage Relief Document |
ASTDN endorsed the 2009 Consensus Document developed by the Americans for Nursing Shortage Relief (ANSR). |
| 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. |
ASTDN was a co-sponsor and workgroup member of the subject document and was represented at the 2007 ANA policy conference.
Click here to download the 26 page pdf.
Included content in the document:
- Ethical Issues
- Emergency competencies for clinicians
- Unusual care expectations
- Recommendations for emergency care pre, during and post event.
State Survey Regarding BSN Requirement - Dec 2008
In December 2008 a survey was done via the ASTDN listserv regarding if states required a BSN to practice as a public health nurse. Some people replied briefly to the question indicating simply “yes’ or “no” while others supplied more information. ...
The Role of Public Health Nurses in Emergency Preparedness and Responses
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.
The ASTDN vision for emergency preparedness is that every community, family, and individual will have a comprehensive emergency preparedness plan that minimizes the consequences of disasters and emergencies and enables communities, families, and individuals to respond and recover.
A color poster that accompanies this position paper is available. To request a copy of the color poster please email the ASTDN Administrative Assistant, Janet Deveny-Edwards at janetkd@health.ok.gov please include your mailing address so the poster can be mailed to you.
| 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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Updated
10/20/09 |