Community/public health nursing faculty's knowledge, skills and attitudes of the Quad Council Competencies for Public Health Nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 427-439 ◽  
Author(s):  
Barbara L. Joyce ◽  
Monica Harmon ◽  
Regina Gina H. Johnson ◽  
Vicki Hicks ◽  
Nancy Brown-Schott ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Health Nursing

scholarly journals Development and content validation of a measure to assess evidence-informed decision-making competence in public health nursing

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. e0248330
Author(s):  
Emily Belita ◽  
Jennifer Yost ◽  
Janet E. Squires ◽  
Rebecca Ganann ◽  
Maureen Dobbins
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Evidence Based ◽  
Informed Decision Making ◽  
Response Process ◽  
Validity Assessment ◽  
Content Coverage ◽  
Health Nursing

There are professional expectations for public health nurses to develop competencies in evidence-informed decision-making (EIDM) due to its potential for improved client outcomes. Robust tools to assess EIDM competence can encourage increased EIDM engagement and uptake. This study aimed to develop and validate the content of a measure to assess EIDM competence among public health nurses. A four-stage process, based on measure development principles and the Standards for Educational and Psychological Testing, was used to develop and refine items for a new EIDM competence measure: a) content coverage assessment of existing measures; b) identification of existing measures for use and development of items; c) validity assessment based on content; d) validity assessment based on response process. An EIDM competence measurement tool consisting of EIDM knowledge, skills, attitudes/beliefs, and behaviour items was developed using conceptual literature and existing measures (Evidence-Based Practice Competency Tool and Evidence-Based Practice Beliefs Scale) to address limitations of existing EIDM tools identified from the content coverage assessment. Item content validity index ratings ranged from 0.64–1.00. Qualitative themes from validity assessment based on content and response process included word changes to improve clarity, reducing item redundancy, separating multi-component items, and ensuring items reflect nursing role expectations. Upon determining its reliability and validity, there is potential for the EIDM competence measure to be used in: public health nursing practice to identify competence gaps and strengths to facilitate professional development activities; in research to support development of strategies to build EIDM capacity; and for curriculum planning and development across nursing education programs.

Exploring Perceived Enablers and Barriers to Social Marketing Use in Public Health Nursing

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 100-112
Author(s):  
Kristin Knibbs ◽  
Lynnette Leeseberg Stamler
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Health Promotion ◽  
Social Marketing ◽  
Group Process ◽  
System Level ◽  
Nominal Group ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
Health Managers

Public health managers' perceptions of enablers and barriers to social marketing use among public health nurses were examined. Employing qualitative, action research methods, this study incorporated focus groups using nominal group process and group discussion. Eleven public health managers from large urban, small urban, and rural Canadian public health departments participated. Content analysis was conducted on the focus group transcripts, and trustworthiness was strengthened through independent review by participants and subject experts. Several enablers to social marketing use were identified in the areas of educational preparation of nurses and the nature of public health nursing practice. The majority of barriers to social marketing use related to human and financial resources at the system level. In addition, we identified as imperative that managers at those levels responsible for budgetary planning understand the principles of social marketing more fully if they are to be expected to support its use. Social marketing has the potential to positively influence the health behavior of populations. However, if public health nurses and other health-promotion professions are to incorporate this health-promotion strategy more effectively into their practice, issues related to its use must be addressed.

Public health core and nursing competencies among public health nurses in Ontario: a pilot study to assess awareness and utilization.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Peroff-Johnston
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Organizational Factors ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Nursing Workforce ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Nursing Competencies ◽  
Health Nursing

Purpose: This study describes influencing factors that public health core and public health nursing competency sets have had on public health nursing workforce development since their release in 2007 and 2009 respectively. Methods: A descriptive, non-experimental pilot study was conducted using Rogers Diffusion of Innovation Theory as a framework to explore awareness and utilization of public health core and nursing competencies among a sample of 221 public health nurses (PHNs) working in Ontario health units. Results: Findings suggest substantial awareness and moderate use of both competency sets among PHNs, with a statistically significant difference between management and front-line staff in level of awareness of core competencies only. Barrier/facilitator themes influencing competency set utilization frequently represented organizational factors, and were slightly different between competency sets. Implications: Results have implications for knowledge translation efforts of competencies integration into practice and addressing barriers to precluding competency-based public health nursing workforce policy and planning.

Linking to Public Health Nursing the Red Cross Way, 1919 to 1930

2019 ◽  
pp. 78-103
Author(s):  
Christine Ardalan
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
World War I ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Red Cross ◽  
Black Nurses ◽  
Open Policy ◽  
Important Means ◽  
Health Nursing

This chapter explores the influence of the Red Cross Nursing Service in Florida after World War I when the American Red Cross focused on public health nursing. Central leadership from its Washington, DC headquarters directed policies and values that guided Red Cross nurses into the southernmost state. The policies and the nurses themselves illuminated the connections between the Red Cross, race, class, and a population in dire need of healthcare. Becuase the Red Cross was to some extentcolorblind with its policies and nurse recruitment, it paved the way for black public health nurses to forge new paths. From local Red Cross chapters, the white and few black nurses began to establish links with the communities. The Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick classes offered a particularly important means to serve all, regardless of race. The aftermath of Florida’s 1928 hurricane highlighted the more racially open policy towards the employment of African American nurses. Rosa Brown demonstrated the need for public health nurses to improve health in the neglected rural areas of Palm Beach County.

scholarly journals Challenges and demands in the population-based work of public health nurses

2018 ◽  
Vol 46 (20_suppl) ◽  
pp. 53-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Berit Misund Dahl
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Nursing Education ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Public Health Nursing ◽  
Public Health Nurses ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Government ◽  
Health Nursing ◽  
The Individual

Aims: Government programs and the Norwegian Directorate of Health give public health nurses in Norway an explicit role in population-based health promotion and disease-prevention work. The aim of this paper is to explore Norwegian public health nurses’ experiences with population-based work. Methods: A phenomenological hermeneutic approach was adopted, involving face-to-face interviews with a purposeful sample of 23 public health nurses from urban and rural districts in two counties in Norway. Results: Three themes were identified: the predominance of work at the individual level, a lack of resources, and adherence to administrative directives. The interviews revealed that the public health nurses were mostly occupied with individual problem-solving activities. Population-based work was hardly prioritized, mostly because of a lack of resources and a lack of recognition of the population-based role of public health nurses. Conclusions:The study indicates contradictions between the public health nursing practice related to population-based work and the direction outlined by the government and the public health nursing curriculum, which may mean that the public health nursing role is not sufficiently clarified. The implementation of practice models and administrative directives and resources, as well as an explicit emphasis on population health in public health nursing education, can contribute to increased population-based interventions. Greater knowledge of and emphasis on population-based work in public health nursing are needed.

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