Public Health Nursing

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	Description of Services: The Public Health Nurse provides care to the community and views the entire community as their client. Duties can be divided into two groups: those mandated to be provided to residents by State Law and services provided to the community by the Belchertown Board of Health. • Communicable disease recording, surveillance and investigation. • Enforcement of quarantine and isolation laws, including exclusions from work or school. • Vaccine management and distribution. • Immunization administration. • Special inoculation clinics as they arise (IE: Hepatitis A, Meningococcal Vaccination) • Refugee and Immigrant Health Assessment • Tuberculosis testing of at risk patients and follow-up • Providing school nursing services to private or parochial schools in Belchertown (MGL C. 71 s. 57 ) • Annual flu and pneumonia clinics • House calls to homebound Ware seniors or the disabled to provide vaccinations • Monthly blood pressure clinics at the Senior Center • Heath education programs at the Senior Center and health fairs • In-home skilled nursing services on limited bases and as a provider of last resort. • Public Health emergency preparedness training