Coalition building between public health nurses and parish nurses.
Community-based healthcare, particularly preventive healthcare services, requires mutual understanding and close cooperation between community healthcare providers. The authors describe the emergence of parish nursing, a new area of practice that emphasizes holistic healthcare, health promotion, and disease prevention activities. Similarities between public health and parish nursing practice, and the development of collaborative working relationships between these two groups of nurses are discussed.
King
J M
JM
Kellogg Parish Nurse Project, University of Iowa, College of Nursing.
Lakin
J A
JA
Striepe
J
J
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