Public Health Nursing Summit: Strengthening the Partnership for Public Health Nursing in New York State

June 19, 2008, The Doubletree Hotel, Syracuse, NY

Agenda

• Introduction and Program Overview
  Michelle Cravetz, MS, RN-BC, Coordinator, Vulnerable Populations Planning Health Emergency Preparedness Program, Office of Science and Public Health, New York State Department of Health
• Keynote Presentation "Los Angeles County Public Health and the Competencies: The Evolution" PowerPoint | PDF and
  Cherie R. Forsha, RN, MSN/MPH, CNS, Assistant Nursing Director, Education Organizational Development and Training, County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health
  • Survey: Profile and Training Needs Assessment of Public Health Nurses in the County of Los Angeles MS Word | PDF [Use only with credit statement: Adapted from the County of Los Angeles Public Health, Nursing Administration, Nursing Education and Professional Development Unit]
• "Update on State Sanitary Code Changes affecting Public Health Nursing" PowerPoint | PDF
  Sylvia Pirani, MPH, MS Director, Office of Public Health Practice, New York State Department of Health
  • Memo "Request for Assistance in Implementing Changes to NYS Sanitary Code that affect Public Health Nurses" PDF
• Workgroup Reports
  • "Assurance of preceptor quality at the public health agency"
    Margaret Hopkins, MS, RN
  • "Issues from the practice setting related to BSN education" PDF
    Donna Dyke, RN, MA
  • "Comparing Quad Council to school of nursing curriculum competencies in public health nursing"
    Margaret Mullarkey, MS, RN
  • "New graduate mentorship to public health/community health nursing"
    Donna Cashman, PHN, MS
• Public Health Nursing Exchange
  • "Collaborative Community Health Education: The Amaus Clinic Experience" PowerPoint | PDF
    Barbara M. Carranti, MS, RN, CNS, Instructor of Nursing, Lemoyne College, Department of Nursing
• "Enhancing the Public Health Experience for Students" PDF
  Amy Shaver, PhD, RN, Assistant Professor, and Amy Bankert, BSN Candidate, State University of New York Institute of Technology
• "Introduction to Public Health: A Workshop for Nurses and Nursing Students"
  Wanda Smiley, RN, MSN, Director of Patient Services, Niagara County Health Department
• "Evolving Clinical Experience of NYU College of Nursing Students at the New York City Department of Health & Mental Hygiene" PowerPoint | PDF
  Michele Crespo-Fierro, RN, MS/MPH, AACRN, Clinical Instructor and Course Coordinator, Community Health, New York University College of Nursing