Health Department
By: Emily Tester.
Services provided:
- Adult Preventive Health Clinic
- Care Coordination for Children
- Communicable Disease
- Dental Practice
- Immunization clinic
- Prenatal Clinic
- School Health
Healthcare Professionals:
- Dental Hygienists
- Epidemiologist
- Public Health Nurse
- Public Health Physician
- Health Educator
- Microbiologist
- Counselors
Schooling needed: Public Health Nurse:
- You must train as a RN.
- You'll likely need to earn a bachelors degree to work as public health nurse. However, some communities will employ public health nurses with an associates degree.
- Look for opportunities to assist public health activities.
- Seek additional training .
- After graduation, you must take and pass a licensing exam before you can practice as a nurse.
Sources of finances
- Funded by government
- Grants
- Medicaid
- County taxes
- State taxes