One nurse attended National Safety Conference. Immunizations continue to be a key issue and staff time is a growing problem. Funding and dollars remain a major concern. Empowerment is a concern because of time, cost and lack of funding for staff time. Goals for empowerment - education.
Staff retention is a problem.
Discussion of empowerment and the variability of success region by region followed Teri's report. Concern regarding introducing new reading programs when good ones in place have not been fully utilized. Some agencies are delayed in billing due to software changes. Chickasaw County PHN Service administrator is retiring. Allamakee County public health agency went with hospital a few years back.