The Public Health Nursing Institute for Continuing Excellence is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. Nursing professional development contact hours will be awarded upon successful completion of the course. Continuing Nursing Education/Contact Hours If you are not currently working for a North Carolina Local Health Department and you are interested in taking the course, please contact the course director, Lori Rhew at for additional information. The course is a prerequisite for the Physical Assessment of Adults and STD Nurse Clinician Training Combined Practicum Course for nurses who do not have a BSN. However, if space becomes limited, priority is given to those without a BSN degree. Nurses with a BSN degree may also enroll in the course, and past BSN-prepared public health nurses have found the course a useful resource in acclimating to the public health environment. Ideal timing is after the first six months of employment, but the course must be completed within the first year of public health practice. Successful completion of this course is a legal requirement for all public health nurses who do not have a BSN during their first year of employment with a local health department.
This course is required for registered nurses working in North Carolina local health departments who do not have a BSN degree. Participants must complete all reading and online modules, attend all mandatory webinars, pass a final exam and complete the participant evaluation in order to receive NCPD contact hours. Nursing services directed to individuals, families and groups are presented in the context of improving the health of the populations. The course familiarizes participants with public health and basic epidemiological concepts important to the practice of public health and emphasizes a synthesis of nursing practice and public health. The course comprises required reading, synchronous sessions (live webinars), asynchronous sessions (on-demand modules), course evaluation, and the completion of a final exam with a score of 80% or better. This course is for registered nurses working in public health departments to address core public health nursing functions.
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