Public Health Nursing Field Experience

Public Health Nursing.

Each of us has a spark of life inside us and our highest endeavor ought to be to set off the spark in one another. Introduction T he development of a competent future public health nursing workforce is strongly influenced by the nursing students' educational experiences. The responsibility for providing realistic, high quality public health nursing education is shared by both education and prac...

Trends in Public Health Nursing *

The public health nurse has become an essential link in bringing the science of public health to the community. The significance of the development of this branch of the nursing profession is emphasized by a broadened objective, from the care of the sick poor in their homes to the present concept of community nursing, embracing those services which prevent and relieve sickness, prolong life, an...

E-mentoring in public health nursing practice.

Attrition in the public health nursing work force combined with a lack of faculty to teach public health prompted development of a "long-distance" learning project. Practicing associate degree nurses enrolled in an online course in population-based practice worked with experienced public health nurse "e-mentors." Student-mentor pairs worked through course assignments, shared public health nursi...

Public health, nursing and medical social work.

Public Health and Nursing: A Natural Partnership

The health of individuals occurs within the context of their environment and the other individuals they interact with in the communities they live in, work in and visit. Promoting the health of the public requires multiple strategies aimed at improving the environment, the health knowledge of groups and individuals, maintaining adequate food and water, and reducing the spread of disease. Many d...