About this Event
Local Health Department
2026 ORIENTATION for
PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES
Day 1: Thursday
December 3, 2026-Indiana Dept of Health Adams Auditorium
9:30-10:00 am Registration Table Open
12:15-1:15 LUNCH (on your own)
3:15 BREAK/Class Photo
5:00 pm ADJOURN
Day 2: Friday
December 4, 2026- Indiana Dept of Health Adams Auditorium
8:15 am Morning Address
10:15 BREAK
11:15-12:15 Lunch (On your own)
2:00 pm WRAP UP & ADJOURN
Topics to be covered:
Regional Teams & LHD Outreach/HFI
Laws, Statutes, Ordinances and Legalese
Lead & Healthy Homes
Preparedness
Immunization
Fatality Review and Prevention
Media Relations
Dental Hygiene
IDOH Lab Overview
Illegal Drug Lab Cleanup
IN Public Retirement System/ PERF
Intro to Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Field Epidemiology
TB and Refugee Health
Vaccine Preventable & Invasive Diseases
Foodborne Disease
Rabies Control Program
Vector Control
HIV/STI and Viral Hepatitis
Event venue & nearby stays
Indiana Department of Health, 2 North Meridian Street, Indianapolis, United States