Nurse; Community Health

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Provides specialized primary, secondary and tertiary clinical nursing intervention services of an advanced nature, requiring critical thinking skills through home, hospital/clinic, office and telephone contact with military personnel and their families IAW program requirements and accepted standards of professional conduct.

Responsible for risk screening of the installation's expectant parents and parents of birth to three year old children, engagement of high risk for maltreatment families in prevention services, case management activities occurring from initial contact/referral through case closure.

Provides professional nursing advisory services to other health care professionals, installation personnel, and community agencies, advancing initiatives that enhance resiliency and decrease maltreatment in military families who are expectant and/or have birth to three year old children.

Develops and manages the NPSP home based maternal/child maltreatment prevention program for families expecting a child, and/or with children ages birth to three years.

Determines appropriate services for atypical, complex, high risk client and family situations.