2013 Public Health Nursing Conference 
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August 19-20
Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center
Stevens Point, WI

Purpose: 

To strengthen the population health service delivery skills of the public health nursing workforce.

 

Objectives:

  • Recognize innovative strategies to prevent disease and promote health.
  • Identify two competencies necessary to strengthening population based public health nursing practice within the community. 
  • Describe two practice examples that demonstrate the use of public health interventions in successfully meeting local community health priorities. 
  • Identify two individual strategies to successfully negotiate changes in your public health nursing practice. 

Conference Abstracts
Please review and rate each abstract.  Ratings can be entered into the online survey created for the 2013 conference
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  1. Improving School Health Services Through Best Practice Implementation - Primary Presenter:  Teresa DuChateau
  2. The Period of PURPLE Crying, A Shaken Baby Prevention Program - Primary Presenter:  Mary Droski
  3. Inspiring Public Health Nurses to Collaborate with Nursing Students in Undertaking Health Department Projects  - Primary Presenter:  Melyssa Heintz
  4. Asthma Home Walkthrough Program Training - Primary Presenter:  Mary Koller
  5. Working Together to Keep Infants Safe - Primary Presenter:  Sue Lindberg
  6. Creative Ways to Engage Public Health Nurses in Emergency Preparedness - Primary Presenter:  Dan Michaels
  7. Wisconsin Adolescent Health Care Communication Program - Primary Presenter:  Amy Olejniczak
  8. Achieving Accreditation - Return on Investment - Primary Presenter:  Mary Oppermann
  9. What are the Reasons Behind Maternal-Infant Bed-Sharing?  A Review of the Literature and Implications for Future Research and Practice - Primary Presenter:  Trina Salm Ward
  10. Falls Are Not a Natural Part of Aging: What You Can Do to Help Keep WI Older Adults Safe and Independent - Primary Presenter:  Rebecca Turpin
 
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