title: Changing the public image of nursing: development of a community nurses network.
abstract: Gross, Frost, and Vance give new meaning to community health nursing. They describe a nursing network that engages in the processes of politics, power, and innovation to bring about community change while enhancing the status of the profession. The community project described here demonstrates to others the expertise and autonomy of professional nurses.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gross
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Frost
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vance
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009518:New York; D009726:Nurses; D011641:Public Relations; D012938:Social Perception