Bilingual Public Health Home Visiting Nurse

The nurse home visitor provides personal nurse visits to: 1) pregnant people; 2) children from birth up to age 5 years, 3) children & youth ages birth up to age 21 years who have special health needs; and 4) caregivers of children enrolled in the Babies First! or CaCoon nurse home visiting programs.

In this role, the nurse: 1) completes comprehensive nursing assessments and periodic reassessments; 2) provides prenatal, postpartum, pediatric and parenting education and support to families; 3) conducts caregiver and child growth and development screens and assessments; 4) serves as a case manager to develop, implement and monitor care plans, 5) refers/links clients to needed resources, and 6) documents encounters in the client chart, EMR and data collection systems that include: nursing assessments, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.