PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

Public Health Nursing leading the way in building healthy communities, achieving health equity and social justice, and improving quality of life for all communities. 

The OPHA Nursing section provides an opportunity for the members to express their specific concerns about community health nursing as it related to total health care and allows persons with like interests to promote preventive health measures, and provide leadership in the development and promotion of Public Health education in the State of Oklahoma.   

Membership includes:

• Nurses

• Those interested in the nursing profession

Objectives include:

1. Serving as a forum for expressing concerns about community health

2. Working as a group to promote preventive health measures

3. Providing programs of interest on current trends in nursing practice

4. Collaborating with other sections of OPHA to bring about general public health objectives

Nursing By-Laws, adopted 04/07/2010

E-mail Section Chair: Jo Singleton, jos@health.ok.gov

Please visit the APHA Public Health Nursing Section for more information.