Population-Focused Practice Competency Needs Among Public Health Nursing Leaders in Washington State

摘要: HOW TO OBTAIN CONTACT HOURS BY READING THIS ISSUE Instructions: 1.2 contact hours will be awarded by Villanova University College of Nursing upon successful completion this activity. A hour is a unit measurement that denotes 60 minutes an organized learning This learner-based does not require submission your answers to the quiz. certificate after you register, pay registration fee, and complete evaluation form online at http://goo.gl/gMfXaf. In order obtain must: 1. Read article, "Population-Focused Practice Competency Needs Among Public Health Leaders in Washington State," found on pages 212-219, carefully noting any tables other illustrative materials are included enhance knowledge understanding content. Be sure keep track amount time (number minutes) spend reading article completing 2. answer each question After all questions, compare those provided within issue. If have incorrect answers, return for further study. 3. Go website register credit. You asked provide name, information, VISA, MasterCard, or Discover card number payment $20.00 fee. Once evaluation, automatically generated. activity valid continuing education credit until April 30, 2019. co-provided SLACK Incorporated. accredited as provider nursing American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission Accreditation. OBJECTIVES Describe supports barriers adopting population-focused care public health practice. benefit using practice models assess staff readiness evidence-based guidelines competencies. DISCLOSURE STATEMENT Neither planners nor authors conflicts interest disclose. nurses (PHNs) need effective strategies reduce disparities, requiring workforce can with population-focus across continuum ecological approach health. statewide leadership group county-level PHN leaders assessed their training needs skills. Interview findings from 17 members were coded based Quad Council Competencies. Recommendations around Push-Pull Infrastructure (PPI) model established help bridge practice-research gap. The State want strengthen own skills support transitioning care. describes assessment leaders' PPI explores how might serve develop PHNs local department staff. J Contin Educ Nurs. 2016;47(5):212-219.