"Public Health Nursing" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.
| Descriptor ID |
D011637
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| MeSH Number(s) |
H02.478.676.755
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Public Health Nursing" by people in Profiles.
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Impact of COVID-19 on public health nursing student learning outcomes. Public Health Nurs. 2022 03; 39(2):481-487.
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An academic practice partnership: Building capacity to meet sexual health education policy requirements of a public school system. Public Health Nurs. 2018 09; 35(5):414-419.
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Evidence of Public Health Nursing Effectiveness: A Realist Review. Public Health Nurs. 2017 07; 34(4):324-334.
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Creating the future of public health nursing: a call to action. Public Health Nurs. 2015 Mar-Apr; 32(2):91-3.
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Factors explaining variability in health literacy outcomes of public health nursing clients. Public Health Nurs. 2015 Mar-Apr; 32(2):94-100.
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Family home visiting outcomes for Latina mothers with and without mental health problems. Public Health Nurs. 2013 Sep-Oct; 30(5):429-38.
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Embracing a competency-based specialty curriculum for community-based nursing roles. Public Health Nurs. 2013 Nov-Dec; 30(6):557-65.
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Community/public health nursing practice leaders' views of the doctorate of nursing practice. Public Health Nurs. 2009 Sep-Oct; 26(5):405-11.
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Graduate education for advanced practice public health nursing: at the crossroads. Public Health Nurs. 2008 Mar-Apr; 25(2):176-93.
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Matching a graduate curriculum in public/community health nursing to practice competencies: the Rush University experience. Public Health Nurs. 2006 Mar-Apr; 23(2):190-5.