Today we were visited from the Public Health Nurse IV, which is the person who oversees the area and is responsible for the resources that it takes to implement all the public health actions and initiatives that go on in the southern Kenai area. It was really interesting to hear her talk about how integrated the healthcare system is and how much legislation can change what public health focuses on. It was then when I finally got how important legislation can be even for healthcare workers in hospitals. Its like a trickle down affect. For example, what legislation does determines what public health focuses on. What public health focuses on changes the health of the public, which finally the ER can see trends in the lacking area of the health of the public. It is something that is hard to put into words but that sort of chain of events made me understand how important public health and legislation is for healthcare and for the health of the population.
We also talked with our Preceptor Lorne about TB and he taught us a great deal about that. Scary to think about how much of an outbreak that Alaska has with TB, but good that public health is on the ball with identifying cases and treating them to minimize the chance of other members of the public from contracting the disease.
Oh, we saw more moose too :)
We also talked with our Preceptor Lorne about TB and he taught us a great deal about that. Scary to think about how much of an outbreak that Alaska has with TB, but good that public health is on the ball with identifying cases and treating them to minimize the chance of other members of the public from contracting the disease.
Oh, we saw more moose too :)