Public Health Department

The community (public) health nursing serves all community residents in their usual environment of home, school and work. Concerns of the community health nurse include well people, the sick and disabled, preventing disease or retarding its progress, reducing ill effect of unavoidable disease, providing skilled nursing care for non hospitalized sick and handicapped, supporting those facing crisis situations, providing information and encouragement to individuals, families, special groups and the community as a whole for the development and practice of habits conducive to health.
 
Service Provided:
  • Assessment (nursing)
  • Case management
  • Child health nursing conferences
  • Community awareness
  • Follow-up/follow along
  • Health counseling
  • Health education
  • Health services
  • Home nursing -  (Home health nursing visits are very limited)
  • Identification
  • Immunization clinics
  • Prenatal/perinatal care resource
  • Preventative services
  • Referral
  • Resource material
  • Screening
  • Staff training

The community health nurse provides a key role in delivering services of many local health programs such as Women, Infant and Children (WIC), immunization clinics, child health nursing conferences, Early and Periodic Screening, Diagnosis and Treatment (EPSDT), and school screenings. Specific services may vary among communities.

July 2007

 Tami Aberle
RENVILLE COUNTY HEALTH NURSE

July 2- Mohall Adult Health home visits
 July 3- Office open 8:30- 12:30 & 1- 4:30- Vaccinations and WIC available- Please call 756-6383 for an appointment.
 July 4- Office closed in celebration of Independence Day
 July 5- Mohall Adult Health/Foot Care at Senior Center
 July 10- Office Closed
 July 16- Glenburn Adult Health/Foot Care at Senior Center
 July 17- Office open 8:30- 12:30 & 1- 4:30- Vaccinations and WIC available- Please call 756-6383 for an appointment.
 July 24- Office open 8:30- 12:30 & 1- 4:30- Vaccinations and WIC available- Please call 756-6383 for an appointment.
 July 26- Lansford Adult Health/ Foot Care at Community Center.  Please call 756-6383 for an appointment.
 July 27- County Nurse Meeting in Minot- Office Closed
 July 31- Office open 8:30- 12:30 & 1- 4:30- Vaccinations and WIC available- Please call 756-6383 for an appointment.