Council for Public Health Nursing
Public Health Nursing Manual
 Public Health Nursing Preceptor Handbook
Purpose:
The Council for Public Health Nursing (CPHN) was established within
the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) to
address issues that impact public health nursing within the public
health system. The CPHN provides leadership, expertise, and
coordination of public health nursing issues including practice,
standards, education and recruitment.
Vision:
Public health nurses will be leaders in promoting healthy people
in healthy communities.
Mission:
The mission of the Council for Public Health Nursing is
to provide leadership, expertise, and advocacy related to public
health nursing practice, standards, and issues.
Values:
The Council for Public Health Nursing values:
- Public health nursing as a specialty that promotes and protects
the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social,
and public health sciences;
- An interdisciplinary public health team dedicated to promoting
healthy people in healthy communities;
- Prevention as the foundation for promoting individual and community
health;
- Continuing education designed to enhance leadership skills
and professional growth; and
- Quality care which meets or exceeds established standards and
is creative, culturally competent, and compassionate.
History & Structure:
The Council of Public Health Nursing was established in April, 1997,
and the first meeting was held in October, 1997. The CPHN membership
was all Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) staff and
the chair was the DHSS public health nursing liaison.
In May, 1999, the CPHN was restructured and expanded to include
two standing committees, one representing the Department of Health
and Senior Services (DHSS) and the other representing the Local
Public Health Agencies (LPHA). The DHSS committee was composed of
one representative from each division, center and district within
the Department of Health and Senior Services, and the LPHA committee
was composed of one local public health agency nurse from each district.
In July, 2003, the CPHN was again restructured to include greater
representation from local public health agencies, and added representatives
from nursing education and a public health related organization.
An executive board was established with the chair being a representative
from a local public health agency. The DHSS public health nursing
liaison became an ex-officio member of the executive board. The
name of the CPHN was changed to Council for Public Health Nursing
at this time.
Strategic Issues:
The CPHN is currently working on the strategic challenge of identifying
and promoting the value of public health nursing in the community.
Work groups have been established to work on the following issues:
- Market public health nursing as a career
- Collaborate with schools of nursing to assure quality public
health nursing education
- Advocate role of public health nursing to decision makers
Council Members:
Executive Committee
Pam Bryant
Chair, Springfield-Greene County Health Department
Louise Bigley
Chair Elect, Springfield-Greene County Health Department
Nola Martz
Secretary, Lafayette County Health Department
Carol Becker
Member at Large, DHSS-Senior Services
Cindy Leuthen
Ex-Officio, DHSS-CLPHS
Members
Sandra Bell
Jefferson County Health Department |
Brenda Morrison
St. Louis County Department of Health |
Rachelle Collinge
Cole County Health Department |
Shelly Reynolds
St. Charles County Department of
Community Health & the Environment |
Sherri Dodson
Butler County Health Department |
Pamela Sandvig
DHSS-Southwest Region Health Office |
Amy Elliott
DHSS-Cape Girardeau Area Health Office |
Karen Schenk
DHSS-Bureau of Genetics & Healthy Children |
Nancy Hoeman
Missouri Nurses for Public Health
Springfield/Greene County Health Dept. |
Lisa Sitler
Lincoln County Health Department |
Linda Howell
Graceland University |
Kristie Smith
Daviess County Health Department |
Shawnna Jackson
City of Independence Health Dept. |
Barbara Snook
DHSS-Bureau of Special Health Care Needs |
Wendy Landes
Kansas City Health Department |
Mary Traver
Johnson County Community Health Services |
Mindy Laughlin
DHSS-Show Me Healthy Missourians |
Teresa Tunstill
Clay County Health Department |
Louise Miller
Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing
University of Missouri-Columbia |
Glenna Young
Douglas County Health Department |
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Public Health Nursing Brochure:
A brochure about public health nursing is available free of charge
from the Center for Local Public Health Services. (See the attached
sample copy.) You may request copies of the brochure by sending
an e-mail to clphs1@dhss.mo.gov.
Nurse Recruitment Power Point Presentation:
The DHSS Council for Public Health Nursing has developed a power point presentation about public health nursing. This presentation could be used with students, for recruitment of nurses, or to explain about public health nursing to groups or other audiences. The presentation includes brief talking points, however, the presenter is encouraged to personalize the presentation with examples and stories related to their community or agency. (Access the power point presentation here.)
For more information or questions about the Council for Public
Health Nursing or public health nursing in Missouri, contact
us.
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