Celebrating public health nurses community contributions
- Mesa County public health officials are marking National Nurses Week by highlighting the work of their public health nurses.
- The clinic nurses serve as vaccine specialists, helping families with immunization records and questions, and also provide reproductive care including annual exams, birth control, vasectomies, and STI screening.
- The Nurse-Family Partnership program pairs specially trained nurses with first-time families from pregnancy until the baby turns two, meeting clients at home or in offices designed for parents and babies.
- Officials say the nurses' expertise and outreach have helped individual families, including one child who started school on time and an infant diagnosed with a rare condition after a nurse flagged a developmental concern.
Reported by
Mesa County News
mesacounty.us
Mesa County, CO