Public Health Nursing Guide to Emergency Preparedness and Response
A prepared community is a resilient community! How Public Health Nurses help all residents of a community prepare and respond to severe weather emergencies, pandemics and disasters.
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Course Information
- Audience: Public Health Nurses, School Nurses, Occupational Health Nurses, Community Health Nurses, Health Directors, Health Inspectors, Medical Reserve Corps volunteers (Medical and Non-Medical)
- Format: Webinar
- Date/Time: January 30, 2024, 12:00 pm – 1:30 pm EST
- Price: Free
- Length: Each session is 60 minutes with an optional 30 minute Q&A following
- Credential(s) eligible for contact hours: Sponsored by New England Public Health Training Center (NEPHTC), a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES) to receive up to 1 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced-level continuing education contact hours are 1. Provider ID: 1131137 Event ID: PM1131137_01302024. If you are not seeking a CHES/MCHES contact hours, if you complete the post-test and evaluation, you will receive a Certificate of Completion. The Certificate will include the length of the course.
- Competencies: Public Health Sciences Skills
- Learning Level: Performance
- Companion Trainings: Public Health Nursing Guide: to Immunizations and Vaccine Preventable Disease
Public Health Nursing Guide to Infectious Disease Surveillance & Investigation
Annual MDPH Immunization Training
MAVEN On-Line Training
ICS-100 – 800, HSEEP - Pre-requisites: None
About this Webinar
Public Health Nurses in Massachusetts have a vast and varied accounting of job responsibilities, position descriptions and dedicated hours for PHN services. The one hour webinars will provide an introduction into the three areas of concentration for PHNs in MA: Infectious Disease, Immunizations and Emergency Preparedness with resources clearly identified through membership in the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses; the only state recognized Public Health Nursing Organization.
What you'll learn
At the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:
- Discuss your role as the public health nurse in emergency preparedness and response using the nursing process.
- Review tools, trainings and techniques to utilize for community emergency preparedness and response.
- Identify resources available for personal, professional and community emergency preparedness and response.
- Q & A
Subject Matter Experts
Kitty C. Mahoney
RN, BSN, MS
Jessica Tracy
MSN, RN
Angela Kramer
MS, RN
Sara Harris
MSN, RN
Kitty Mahoney, Chief Public Health Nurse for the Town of Framingham from 2004-2022, has been a Public Health Nurse for nearly 20 years. Kitty has twice served as Moderator at the American Public Health Association Scientific Sessions “Disparities in Health Care for Women, Minorities and Military” and “Hot Topics in Public Health Nursing”. She defended “100 Years of Public Health Nursing in Massachusetts” at the 2011 APHA Poster Session in Washington, DC. Kitty Mahoney routinely speaks on behalf of Public Health Nursing and has served two terms as Vice President, two terms as President and currently serves as Communications and Web Manager for the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses. She has served on several local and public health committees including academic collaborations in advancing Operation Stand Down With MAPHN; providing foot care for Homeless and At Risk Veterans. In 2014 she was awarded Public Health Fellow through the Local Public Health Institute / Boston University School of Public Health. In 2013 she received the Governors Appointment to the Division of Professional Licensure for Certified Health Officers. Kitty Mahoney was recognized with the Creative Nursing Award at the American Public Health Association in 2018 and currently serves as the Communications and Webmaster for MAPHN.
Jessica Tracy currently works for the Massachusetts Department of Public Health Office of Local & Regional Health and has 17+ years’ experience working for local municipalities in multiple capacities. She held many titles in the local public health arena including animal control officer, animal health inspector, health inspector and served out the last 9 years in local health as the Dedham Public Health Nurse. She entered the profession of public health nursing in 2015 after successfully completing her Diploma in Nursing at the Brockton Hospital School of Nursing and received a full scholarship to complete her Master of Science in Nursing, Community/Public Health Nursing at Worcester State University, 2022. Among the various certifications she has received, she has successfully obtained her Registered Environmental Health Specialist/Registered Sanitarian Credential to ensure competency in a range of environmental health topics including vector control, water quality, hazardous materials, infectious disease, air quality, built environment, and how to direct and train personnel to respond to routine or emergency environmental situations. She is also a Community Emergency Response Trainer (CERT) and past coordinator of local Medical Reserve Corps (MRC). Her many leadership roles with-in the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses (MAPHN) include immediate past President of the MAPHN Southeast Chapter, past Treasurer of the MAPHN Executive Board and current Chair of the Outreach, Visibility & Membership (OVM) Committee of MAPHN. She maintains memberships with the Massachusetts Association of Public Health Nurses and American Public Health Association. She is the author of the 2022 MAPHN White Paper: The Future of Massachusetts Public Health Nursing is Now. After receiving a scholarship on behalf of MAPHN, she stewards a team of 5 MAPHN members through The Public Sector Consortium: Leaders and Partnerships for The Public Good at the Lincoln Land Institute of Policy and commits to the vision that: Public health nurses are among the strategic public health professionals in all the Massachusetts cities and towns. Public Health Nurses are responsible for keeping the residents of each town or city healthy and safe through public health regulations. Municipal Public Health Nurses are responsible for the development and implementation of local public health programs in compliance with federal state and local laws and regulations. She has been awarded several grants and facilitated many programs throughout her profession. Most notably, 2018 she was the recipient of the Drug Free Community Support Program Grant (DFC) which federally funds over one million dollars for the prevention of youth substance misuse in the community. In 2022, she advocated for innovative ways for local health departments to build resiliency, provide tools and enhance skills for mental health response by uniting seven communities to send champions such as public health nurses to become trained as Mental Health 1st Aid Instructors to teach in their own communities. In 2023, she was awarded the MAPHN Annual Public Health Nurse Annual given to a Public health Nurse in recognition of dedication and excellence in the field of public health nursing. “It is my personal and professional goal to save the profession of public health nursing for the public good.” -Jessica Tracy
Angela Kramer is a Public Health Nurse for the Town of Ludlow, MA. Angela currently is the Western Mass MAPHN Chapter Secretary/Treasurer and the MAPHN Treasurer. Angela has been working as a Public Health for 11 years in the town of Ludlow, doing home visits, including Foot and Nail Care for the elderly and running Vaccine Clinics. Angela is also a member of APHA and MHOA. Angela has served on several local and Public Health committees within MAPHN and other rganizations. Angela presented a poster at the 2022 MAPHN Conference “Keeping Our Community Safe During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Angela has participated in the local Operation Stand Down in 2019 providing foot care for the Veteran’s. Angela is currently an Ambassador for the Boys and Girls Club in Ludlow and works with the CEO providing assistance and trainings as needed. She is currently offering a Tai Chi Chan Class for Balance and Safety and will be participating in a series with the Senior Center in April, 2023. Angela is currently the Vaccine Coordinator for the town and participates in the DPH VFC Program.
Sara Harris has been a registered nurse for over 12 years and has experience in school nursing, homecare nursing for medically fragile patients and for the last half of her career, Public Health Nursing. She has worked in thriving cities like Somerville as the Public Health Nurse Manager and Medford as the COVID19 Rapid Response Nurse / Supervising Public Health Nurse. She is currently the Deputy Chief of Public Health Nursing for the city of Worcester. Sara completed her BSN from Endicott College in 2010 and MSN in Global Health Nursing from Endicott in 2020. She is on the Cummings Foundation Advisory Board at Endicott College where she advocates for the addition of public health and community health nursing internships and curriculum across the programs. Sara has been a clinical instructor for nursing students for the last 5 years from schools including Endicott College, Northeastern University, MA College of Pharmacy and Health Science, Regis College, and many more. She is the current Vice President of the Massachusetts Association of Public health Nurses (MAPHN) and has served as the Secretary of the Northeast Chapter of the MAPHN.
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Acknowledgement: This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of award 2 UB6HP31685‐05‐00 “Public Health Training Centers.” The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.