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Nursing Section

How to Join the Nursing Section

Joining NCPHA is easy! Just click on "Join Now" on the front page of the website and make sure you check Nursing on the membership form.

Welcome from the Chair

Welcome to the Nursing Section page of the NCPHA website. We are glad to have you visit our page in the hope that you will learn more about the benefits of being a member of this organization and make a decision to join us. There are so many benefits to being a member of NCPHA and the Nursing Section. Just look at a few of them:

Leadership and Education Opportunities

Tax deductible membership dues
Section activities which include statewide conference call meetings, up-to-date information on the latest trends in public health nursing, membership drives, ways to celebrate our history of public health nursing in North Carolina
Representation by a registered lobbyist in the NC General Assembly
Networking and collaborating with nurses and other public health professionals and advocates
A discounted rate at NCPHA conferences
Access to awards and a scholarship sponsored by the Nursing Section

Join us today and start reaping the benefits of NCPHA and Nursing Section membership!

Goal of the Nursing Section

To bring nurses together for a common cause, to protect and promote the public health of the residents of North Carolina by:

Providing a medium for public health nurses in North Carolina for continuing education and peer exchange as a means of increasing professional identity and performance in public health practice.
Supporting legislation favorable to public health and promotion of the public health of the residents of North Carolina.
Promoting programs and/or projects deemed necessary to protect and promote the public health of the citizens of North Carolina.

The Nursing Section is proud to announce

As Part of the 100 Years of the Office of Public Health Nursing Centennial Celebrations

For the complete list of winners, go here.

Presentations from the 2019 Fall Educational Conference

Legal/Legislative Update Session

The CPH Certification Exam

Text of Lisa Campbell's Keynote Presentation, Wednesday, September 25

Nursing Section Leadership for 2019-2020

The Executive Committee of the Nursing Section consists of:

Chair:

Dr. Lindsay Novacek
Forsyth County Department of Public Health

Past Chair:

Dr. Susan Little
NC DHHS

Vice Chair of Communication:

Felicia Reid

Guilford County DHHS Public Health

Vice Chair of Education:

Dr. Marianne Cockroft
UNC School of Nursing

Secretary:

Joy Armstrong
Gaston County DHHS Public Health

Treasurer:

Carolynn Hemric
Robeson County Health Department

Fall Educational Conference Planning Committee Representative:
Dr. Lindsay Novacek

Advocacy Committee Representative:
Dr. Lindsay Novacek

Public Awareness Committee Representative:
Felicia Reid

Please feel free to contact any member of the Executive Committee for more information. We invite you to become a member of the NCPHA Nursing Section. Nursing Section dues are only $5 per year.

Awards and Scholarships

The Nursing Section presents two awards and two scholarships each year. Links in the below Resource Center will guide you to the information you need to nominate a deserving colleague for the Margaret B. Dolan Award or the Direct Service Award. The Section also offers two scholarships annually. All are presented at the annual NCPHA Fall Educational Conference.

The Dr. Joy F. Reed Public Health Nurse Leadership Scholarship is available to a public health nurse currently licensed as a registered nurse in North Carolina who is a member of NCPHA or NCAPHNA and interested in leadership training or returning to school to advance their education.
The Nursing Section offers an annual scholarship for $500 to a nurse currently enrolled in an advanced nursing program (BSN, Masters, etc.)

If you have any questions you can always call or email a member of the Executive Committee for additional information.

Christmas Gifts / Birthday Gifts / Special Occasion Gifts for Public Health Nurses

At the Fall Educational Conference, the Nursing Section will be offering promotional items featuring the NC Public Health Nursing logo. We will have some new items to purchase as special gifts for yourself and co-workers to commemorate Nurses Day in May, Public Health Week in April, or as birthday or holiday gifts. For more information, please contact the Nursing Section Chair.

Resource Center

2019 Statewide Nursing Section Conference Call Handouts: