Clinical preventative services such as immunizations and routine screenings for colorectal cancer, blood pressure control and diabetes management are key to improving the Nation's health.
Public health nursing is used to promote and protect the population through knowledge of caring for patients at the bedside, in the community, and through social aspects.
This certification requires a bachelor's degree, five years of public health work experience as well as the passing of the exam.
This exam covers many fields of study including leadership, ethics, program administration, policies and health equity.
[9] They also participate in hotlines where the community members can call with questions and give up to date information from the Center for Disease Control.
PHN organizations can accomplish this through a comprehensive credentialing marketing campaign including dissemination of promotional materials, collaborative conferences, webinars, and strategies.
PHN organizations can target local and state health departments, school districts, colleges and universities, and other nursing associations.
[14] Nurses are needed at every aspect of public work from education campaigns to implementation of hygiene and sanitation initiatives.
[14] (apaulCSU) Dissemination and implementation (D&I) science is an emerging priority in public health and medicine in the United States and globally.
As a rapidly growing field, implementation science has focused on understanding factors and strategies that influence the initial adoption and integration of evidence-based interventions (EBIs) in real-world settings.
Whereas significant advancements have been made in understanding the adoption and implementation of EBIs across a range of community and health care settings, less is known about their sustainability.
Recently, experts have prioritized sustainability as an understudied area, identifying it as “one of the most significant translational research problems of our time” and as a persistent challenge across a range of settings and service delivery sectors, and across health behaviors and outcomes (Shelton et al., 2018).