The Public Health Nurse provides care to the community and views the entire community as their client. The public health nurse has 2 aspects to the role. Those responsibilities mandated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and those provided to the community of Stoneham.
Services mandated by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health include but are not limited to:
• Communicable disease recording, surveillance and investigation.
• Vaccine management and distribution.
• Immunization administration.
• Inoculation clinics as they arise (IE: Hepatitis A, Smallpox, and Influenza).
Services include but are not limited to:
• Blood Pressure Clinics
• TB Testing
• Health Care Referral
• Community Agency Referral
• Health Teaching and Education
• Physician Referral
• One on One Consultation
• Health Care Agency Referral
• Meningococcal Vaccination
• Health Fair Participation
• Community Resource
» SARS
» West Nile Virus
» Bioterriorism
» Bird Flu
• Home Visits for Seniors
• Grant Development
• Camp Certification within the Town of Stoneham
• Community Assessment
• Community Network Collaboration
• Collaboration with Varies Town Departments
» School Department
» Housing Department
» Recreation
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