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Public Health Nursing: A Partner for Healthy Populations by ASTDN

A valuable resource for public health nurses, community health nursing educators, and public health leaders, this text defines the ten essential public health services and lists specific activities of public health nurses related to each service. Includes examples of how public health nurses have acted resourcefully, in partnership with social workers, health educators, environmentalists, epidemiologists, and others, to provide these essential services to those who need them. Discusses the competencies required by public health nurses as they shift to stronger emphasis on population health.

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Public Health Nursing Journal
Issue on Public Health Nursing Competencies
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Public Health Nursing
Leadership, Responsibilities and Issues
in State Health Departments

Results of an Association of State and Territorial
Directors of Nursing (ASTDN) Survey
August 2003

Executive Summary
The Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing (ASTDN) is a professional association of public health nursing leaders in state health departments and the access point to public health nurses in each state. In an effort to assess current responsibilities of the directors (or other titles) and public health nursing issues in each state, ASTDN commissioned this study. The work was supported by the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and CDC Public Health Practice Program Office, Workforce Development Office.

A 14-item survey was sent to the ASTDN membership in spring 2003 with a 65% .....

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Quad Council
PHN Competencies
Finalized 4/3/03

The Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations is an alliance of the four national nursing organizations that address public health nursing issues: the Association of Community Health Nurse Educators (ACHNE), the American Nurses Association's Congress on Nursing Practice and Economics (ANA), the American Public Health Association-Public Health Nursing Section (APHA), and the Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing (ASTDN.) In 2000, prompted in part by work on educating the public health workforce being done under the leadership of the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), the Quad Council began work on drafting a set of national public health nursing competencies. ................
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The Impact of the Nursing Shortage on Public Health Nursing
By the Quad Council of Public Health Nursing Organizations*
July 2001

Introduction:
Numerous nursing organizations and health care agencies have documented that a shortage of nurses currently exists. The shortage will continue to become more acute by the year 2010 when the nursing supply will no longer be able to meet the demand, regardless of distribution or educational preparation. Much of the information from the nursing profession on this shortage has focused on the institutional setting and associated working conditions. However, the shortage is impacting all areas of nursing practice. The purpose of this document, developed by the Quad Council of Public Health
Nursing Organizations*, is to clarify the effects of the shortage on public health nursing in the United States.
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Public Health Nurses’ Vital Role in Emergency Preparedness and Response
April 2002

Introduction
Over the past 100 years, public health nurses have been actively involved in disaster planning and response. The terrorism events of September 11th, 2001 have created an opportunity to articulate public health nurses’ past, present and future role in preparing for and responding to disasters and terrorist events. The Association of State and Territorial Directors of Nursing has developed this document to present an overview of public health nurses’ contributions in times of disaster, the core skills which public health nurses bring to emergency preparedness and response, and areas for further development. Public health nurses are a vital part of the public health work force and as such will continue to need to be well prepared to respond to the public health issues in times of catastrophes.
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