Forum on the Future of Public Health Nursing
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National Public Health Enumeration and Characterization of the Public Health Nursing Workforce
The size, composition, and preparation of the public health workforce affect state and local health departments’ ability to serve the populations that rely on them, but little is known about these aspects of this workforce. As public health nurses comprise the largest professional segment of the public health workforce and play a wide variety of roles in health departments, understanding the characteristics of the nursing workforce is particularly important in identifying ways to improve the public health system.
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) established the Future of Public Health Nursing initiative to identify and implement strategies to increase the skills and ability of public health nurses to meet the challenges of a rapidly changing health and health care environment. That work begins with understanding the issues impacting that workforce. RWJF convened a Forum on the Future of Public Health Nursing in 2012 to bring together stakeholders to gain insight into the public health nursing workforce challenges and opportunities. This report on the Forum outlines the proceedings and the priorities Forum participants identified.
The Faces of Public Health Nursing
Public Health Nurses Bringing Care to Libraries
In what many believe to be a first-of-its-kind program, Pima County (Arizona) libraries teamed up with the county Health Department to start a jointly-funded “library nurse program.”
Read MoreRWJF Fellow Works to Push Public Health Nursing Forward
Executive Nurse Fellow Shirley Orr joins national effort to strengthen public health nursing at a time of challenge and opportunity.
Read morePublic Health Nurse Helps Nation's Most Vulnerable
RWJF Scholar treats the kind of people he grew up with: the poor, the oppressed and the marginalized.
Read moreIn Some Ways, All Nurses Are Public Health Nurses, RWJF Scholar Says
Alison Colbert, an RWJF Nurse Faculty Scholar, writes about how she found public health nursing.
RWJF Grantee Helps Rebuild Milwaukee's Public Health Nursing Workforce
Executive Nurse Fellows alumna leads RWJF-funded effort to encourage nursing students to consider careers in public and community health nursing.
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