Public Health Nursing

About Public Health Nursing

The Public Health Nursing division of CLCPH is also a section within the Community and Family Health Division of the Wyoming Health Department.

As a whole, public health nursing focuses on population health, with the intent to promote health and wellness, prevent disease, disability and premature death, and improve quality of life. Their practice emphasizes primary prevention with the goal of achieving health equity.

To protect and enhance the health and well-being of all Laramie County residents, and see that risks are identified and served, the PHN division focuses on:

  • Preventing the spread of disease
  • Preventing injuries
  • Promoting healthy behavior
  • Responding to disasters
  • Increasing access to health care

Recent News

Dollar General recalls instant coffee

August 13, 2025

News from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration: Dollar General is recalling three lots of instant coffee. The eight-ounce Clover Valley® Instant Coffee lots impacted could contain glass. Clover Valley® […]

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Blue-green algae bloom advisories issued for Laramie County waters

August 7, 2025

News from the Cheyenne Board of Public Utilities: The Wyoming Department of Health has issued a harmful cyanobacterial bloom recreational use advisory for the West Causeway at the City of […]

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Human case of West Nile virus reported in Laramie County

July 28, 2025

Cheyenne Laramie County Public Health is reporting Laramie County’s first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) this season. The case was identified in an adult resident who developed neurological […]

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