APHN Member Spotlight

Billy W. Wiggins, MSN, RN, CPH, CM

Director of Clinical Services - CHS
S.C. Dept. of Health & Environmental Control

What do you love most about being a public health nurse?

"The opportunity to continually learn and grow is one of my favorite things about working in Public Health. I also, love meeting people where they are and seeing the impact education and knowledge can have on health outcomes. Public health covers so many areas that it is hard to feel you have explored all it has to offer as a professional clinician."

How did you become involved with APHN; what value has it contributed to you?

"I became involved with APHN through my agency. APHN has allowed me to create a network with fellow nurses across the nation. This collaboration has helped me, many times, feel that I'm not alone in the battles I'm facing while working in the field of public health."

Please share a fun fact about yourself.

"I love photography. I've found the art of capturing a moment in time to be very powerful. Taking, and editing, photos has become a form of therapy for me. Photography is universal; requires no words, yet communicates in a manner that is beyond doubt."