Opportunity for professional and personal development and networking

2024 General Meetings:
- Feb 2, 2024: Virtual meeting, Agenda
- May 17, 2024: Nurses Month Celebration (in Person), at the Middlesex Fire Academy.
- Sept 18, 2024: Annual Public Health Nursing Summit (in person), at the Middlesex Fire Academy. Nursing Summit flyer
- Nov 15, 2024: Holiday Event (in Person) location TBD.

2024 Executive Meetings:
Friday, February 2 (Virtual) 2024
Dates TBD.
Friday, February 2 (Virtual) 2024
Dates TBD.

Friday November 17: Holiday Meeting, Presentation: Sexual Health Update: STI Prevention by Dr. Alwyn Cohall, a Professor of Public Health and Pediatrics at the Columbia University Medical Center and the Mailman School of Public Health. Dr. Cohall's main areas of research interest include adolescent health; sexual and reproductive health; access to healthcare, particularly for young men of color; using media/technology to enhance health communication/health promotion; and, integrating trauma-informed care into clinical practice. Dr. Cohall is board-certified in both pediatrics and adolescent medicine and has a private practice in adolescent health.

The 17th Annual Public Health Nursing summit, speakers and topics: 1. Trauma, Substance Use and Early Relational Health by Carolyn Flynn, LPC, CD, IMH-E, The Institute of the Center for Great Expectations. 2. Current Issues in Improving Maternal Health in NJ and Beyond, Dr. Damali Campbell Oparaji, MD. Medical director, Maternal Care Qualify Collaborative, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, 3. Resilience, Stress, Wellness, Workplace, Violence, Balancing Professional and Personal, Moral Injury and Compassion Fatigue, by Philip McCabe CSW, CAS, DRCC, Rutgers School of Public Health. (picture left).

- Friday May 19: Nurses Month Celebration (in Person), Agenda
- 1. Presentation: The Network for Public Health Law, Speakers: Mathew Swinburne and Brooke Torton, the University of Maryland Franis King Carey School of Law.
- 2. Presentation: Hope for Health - Road to Wellness, Speaker: Wendy Chin, NJDOH Mental health and addiction services.