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Public Health Nurses in an Emergency Response: Highlighting Proficiencies and Training Needs

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This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series May 2024

Public health nurses and nurse-led local health departments possess unique skills that were important in responding to COVID-19, especially in areas related to justice, equity, diversity and inclusion, and applying evidence-based approaches.  Areas for additional training were also identified to guide future public health nurse workforce development.

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Students Who Rocked Public Health: Jaimee L. Watts-Isley

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Last December, Jaimee L. Watts-Isley, a DNP candidate at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, was listed as one of 13 Students Who Rocked Public Health in 2019 for her work to identify and address issues surrounding retention and recruitment of public health nurses (PHNs) in NC local public health departments. Here, she describes her efforts in more detail.

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