Master's degree-level community health nursing educational needs: A national survey of leaders in service and education

Selby, Maija L.; Riportella-Muller, Roberta; Salmon, Marla E.; Legault, Claudine; Quade, Dana

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“…The IOM (1988) called for sweeping changes in the delivery of public health services. The Association of Community Health Nursing Educators (1987) identified CHN education as a national priority, and many CHN master's programs will be rethinking their curricula based on recently published work regarding the core curriculum for master'slevel community health nursing Selby et al, 1991). Let us use an informed perspective to respond to this challenge.…”

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“…We conducted a survey of a national sample of leaders in CHN service and education. The study was part of a larger project to identify needs in community health nursing education Selby et al, 1990Selby et al, , 1991.…”

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“…Although the process and general approach of community health nursing can and must be taught in the core CHN graduate curriculum (Consensus Conference, 1985; Salmon, Selby, & Riportella-Muller, 1989; Selby et al, 1991), the populations served by CHNs are so diverse that it is inconceivable to try to prepare specialists to address the needs of all populations in one educational program. To reinforce this critical nature of this need, one need only look to the Institute of Medicine (IOM, 1988) publication, The Future of Public Health, which called for sweeping changes in the detivery of public health services, and acknowledged the need for well-trained public health personnel.…”

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Specialty Roles in Community Health Nursing: A National Survey of Educational Needs

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Public Health Nursing

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This study identified population groups, health conditions, and employment settings considered appropriate for graduate-level community health nursing (CHN) practice and employment, and described the relative importance of each of these areas as assessed by CHN leaders. According to 588 leaders in CHN service and education, (1) the population groups most in need of graduate-prepared CHNs are the elderly, persons of low socioeconomic status, the homeless, adolescents, and the unemployed; and (2) the health conditions most in need of CHN services are AIDS, pregnancy and prenatal problems, low birth weight and infant mortality, stress-related illness, and Alzheimer's and other chronic diseases of the elderly. Among the many employment settings rated as having a great need for CHNs are state and local health departments and home health agencies. The findings provide the direction and justification for developing specialty options within CHN that correspond to these identified and changing needs. This article provides suggestions and possible alternatives for initiating educational change to prepare graduate-level CHNs for these various specialties and for the settings in which the specialties will be applied.

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Specialty Roles in Community Health Nursing: A National Survey of Educational Needs

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“…The nonresearch articles focused on a variety of topics. These included (a) developing graduate curricula in community/public health nursing (Alexander et al, 2002; Hemstrom et al, 2000; Kaiser, Barr, & Hays, 2003; King, Sebastian, Stanhope, & Hickman, 1997; Reinhard & Moulton, 1995; Selby, Riportella‐Muller, Salmon, Legault, & Quade, 1991; Vezeau et al, 1998; Xu & Godfrey, 2000), (b) implementing the community health CNS role (Kupina, 1995), (c) emphasizing the policy development and advocacy aspect of the role (Kuehnert, 1991), (d) highlighting the expertise of community‐oriented APNs working in partnerships with communities to improve the public's health (Flynn, 1997), (e) using hospital‐based community health CNSs as community health coordinators (Robinson, Mead, & Boswell, 1995), and (f) practicing in community nursing centers (Glick, 1999) and parishes (Bunkers, Michaels, & Ethridge, 1997).…”

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Does Advanced Community/Public Health Nursing Practice Have a Future?

Robertson

2004

Public Health Nursing

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Societal trends and predicted needs of the health care system indicate that there will be increasing demands for health care professionals who can effectively manage the health needs of populations and communities. Nurses who have master's degrees in community/public health nursing have the educational background to provide this expertise. Although the Association of Community Health Nursing Educators and many nursing leaders maintain that these nurses are advanced practice nurses, most leading nursing organizations and state nurse practice acts do not include population and community health management skills in their definitions of advanced practice nursing. These exclusions have produced a serious status problem for master's programs in community/public health nursing. This article examines issues affecting the current and future status of master's-level community/public health nursing. Solutions are suggested for ensuring the viability of this specialty area.

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