Wyoming Public Health Nursing (PHN) Vision & Mission
Vision:
Collaborative, Creative, Current, and Competent Nurses Providing Compassionate and Consistent Care to Communities
Mission:
Through our commitment to excellence in public health nursing, we strive to promote, protect, and improve health and prevent disease and injury in Wyoming’s communities.
We do this by:
- assuring access to care and essential services
- engaging the public and community partners through outreach and collaboration
- ongoing assessment of communities to ensure health needs are planned for and met,
- informing policy through public education and provision of health information.
Click below to see the different ways PHN works with you and your community.
2016 Public Health Nursing statistics
- % of vaccinations given in Wyoming 2016 25-30%
- % of PHN serving on boards and/or coalitions that benefit public health 65%
hours of PHN service in 2016
January is
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
Cervical Cancer Awareness Month is an annual observance held throughout the month of January. It is intended to raise awareness of cervical cancer and to educate about its cause, prevention, diagnosis, treatment, survivorship and cure. In 2014, more than 12,500 people were diagnosed with cervical cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2017). January is also an opportunity to support those affected by cervical cancer.
For more information, contact the Wyoming Cancer Resource Services at wdh.cancerservices@wyo.gov. The Wyoming Cancer Resource Services is funded by the Wyoming Department of Health.