The Shared Services Public Health Nurse offers a broad spectrum of essential healthcare services to the member communities. The regional nurse increases collaboration and the sharing of resources by leading a monthly meeting with the public health nurses of the participating communities. Her efforts aim to prevent illness and promote health equity across the communities. She assists in disease surveillance, contact tracing, and the implementation of control measures. She is available to develop health education programming and materials to address health concerns within the region. Public health nursing is pivotal in promoting public health through preventive care, health education, and disease management.
What the regional public nurse can help you with:
- Health education
- Flyers
- Social media posts
- In-person presentations or projects
- CPR class
- Stop the Bleed class
- Diabetes presentation
- Health screenings
- Blood pressure screenings
- Blood sugar screenings (with municipality waiver in-place)
- MAVEN coverage
- Vaccine clinics
- Vaccine administration
- Admin. Assistance at vaccine clinics
- Social media content
- Facilitate school-required pediatric vaccine requests
- Health fairs
- Provide health education printouts
- CPR manikins for hands-on practice
