Public Health Nursing Practice Model

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Public Health Nursing Practice Model

• Los Angeles County Department of Health Services
• Public Health Nursing

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Los Angeles County Public Health Nursing

• Vision
• Public Health Nursing (PHN) strives to promote
  Healthy People
• in Healthy Communities.
• Mission
• PHN promotes the well-being of communities and
  seeks to
• promote health and prevent disease, disability
  and premature
• death among all Angelenos. PHN also strives to
  improve the
• quality of neighborhood life by working in
  partnership with
• community residents to create the conditions that
  ensure
• healthy lives.

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Purpose of thePublic Health Nursing Practice
Model

• Common practice framework
• Common language
• One voice
• Improved communication
• Facilitate career advancement and opportunities
  in Public Health Nursing

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PHN Practice Model Key Components

• Public Health Team
• Quad Councils Scope Standards of PHN Practice
• 10 Essential Public Health Services
• 10 Leading Health Indicators outlined in Healthy
  People 2010 Local Indicators
• Public Health Nursing Interventions
• Population-Based Practice

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The Public Health Team

• Interdisciplinary approach to resolving community
  public health concerns
• Natural partners include
• The community
• Nurses
• Physicians
• Epidemiologists
• Nutritionists
• Environmental health specialists
• Health educators among others

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Quad Council of PHN Organizations

• American Nurses Association
• American Public Health Association PHN Section
• Association of Community Health Nursing Educators
• Association of State and Territorial Directors of
  Nursing

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PHN Scope Standards

• The framework set forth by the Quad Council of
  PHN Organizations
• Assessment
• Diagnosis
• Outcome Identification
• Planning
• Assurance action component
• Evaluation

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Core Functions and 10 Essential PH Services
www.health.gov/phfunctions/public.htm
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• What Are the Leading Health Indicators?
• Physical Activity 
• Overweight and Obesity 
• Tobacco Use 
• Substance Abuse 
• Responsible Sexual Behavior 
• Mental Health 
• Injury and Violence 
• Environmental Quality 
• Immunization 
• Access to Health Care
• www.health.gov/healthypeople/LHI/lhiwhat.htm

 
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Minnesota DHS PHN SectionsPublic Health Nursing
Interventions (PHI) Model
www.health.state.mn.us/divs/chs/phn/materials.htm
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Population-Based PracticeTenets

• Interdisciplinary team collaboration
• Focus all residents (city, county or state)
• Based on an assessment of the population
• Considers broad determinants of health
• Involves all levels of practice
• Emphasis primary prevention

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Created by Los Angeles County DHS, PHN with input
from CCLHDND-Southern Region. This model serves
as the basis for the CCLHDND PHN Practice Model
(10-01-01).
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Public Health Nursing Practice ModelA Tool for
Fulfilling Our Vision

• Promotes healthy people in healthy communities
• Unifies the public health team and the community
• Focuses on improving quality of life as well as
  decreasing morbidity and mortality