title: Nursing for the public good.
abstract: This article examines the concept of community nursing, from the origins of nursing in the public health movements of the early twentieth century. Past and present are inextricably linked as community nursing reemerges with a public health mission.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, University of Massachusetts, Boston 02125-3393.
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Portnoy
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dumas
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000266:history* / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States