The Public Health Nurse ulizes nursing and public health concepts and theories to provide

health promoon and disease prevenon services to individuals, families, and populaon groups,

in a variety of sengs. Provides Public Health Nursing Clinical Services for all ages in both clinic

and community sengs [e.g., assessment, history taking, Tb skin tests, immunizaons, collecon

of paent specimens (e.g., urine, sputum, stool, blood), point of care tesng or prepares

specimen for submission to laboratory, health screenings). Provides Case Management Services

for Children with Medical Handicaps and Children with high lead levels. Nursing acons are

directed toward the goals of prevenon, assessment, risk reducon and health status

improvement for individuals, families, and communies through systemac analysis of health

data, health educaon, advocacy, and coalion building. The public health nurse II posion is

funded through the Board of Health and may be supported by other grants within the Ross

County Health District.