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The
Public Health Nursing Section of the American Public
Health Association Web site defines public health
nurse as a nurse who integrates community involvement
and knowledge about the population with clinical understanding
of health and illness as it relates to individuals and
their families. The site provides examples of PHN roles,
and lists the American Nurses Association standards
of public health nursing practice, categorized as standards
of care and standards of professional performance. The
PHN resources page provides links to related online
journals, nursing publications and advocacy resources.
Healthy neighborhoods
The National
Nursing Centers Consortium is a group of nurses
working to improve community health through neighborhood-based
primary health care services that are accessible, acceptable
and affordable. It works to position nurse-managed health
centers as recognized mainstream health care models.
These centers are run by nurses, many of whom have advanced
degrees and are nurse practitioners, clinical nurse
specialists, nurse-midwives or public health nurses.
The Web site provides links to programs affiliated
with the consortium, such as AmeriCorps Vista, Asthma
Safe Kids, Lead Safe Babies, Healthy Homes and Heart
and Soul.
Nursing home care
The Nursing
Home Compare page of the government Medicare site
allows nurses, family members and patients to compare
detailed information about nursing homes across the
country. The comparable quality measures include the
percentage of residents with pressure sores, percentage
of residents with physical restraints, inspection results
information including deficiencies and nursing staffing
information broken down by the number of RN, LPN and
CNA hours worked per resident per day. The hours are
broken down by licensure and can be used to compare
a specific nursing home's statistics to that of state
and national averages. The site can be viewed in both
English and Spanish.
Nurse staffing
The American
Nurses Association document "Principles for Nurse
Staffing" reports how staffing is critical
to the delivery of quality care and discusses the problems
involved in identifying and maintaining the appropriate
number and mix of nursing staff. The site also lists
numerous related publications and materials about nurse
staffing.
DNA revolution
The Human
Genome Project began in 1990 as a coordinated effort
by the Department of Energy and the National Institutes
of Health to identify the roughly 30,000 genes in human
DNA, determine the sequences of the 3 billion chemical
base pairs that make up human DNA and store all this
information in databases.
The project Web site includes PowerPoint presentation
materials, an extensive image gallery, Webcasts and
videos. Downloadable presentations include: Overview
of the Project; Science Behind the Project; Benefits
of Genome Research; Ethical, Legal and Social Implications
of Genome Research; and Careers in Genome Research.
Information about genetic disorders and pharmocogenomics
can be found in the Medicine and the New Genetics section.
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