Public health nurses for Virginia's future: a collaborative project to increase the number of nursing students choosing a career in public health nursing.
A shift in the role of public health practice in the United States to population-focused care, together with demographic shifts increasing the diversity and age of the population, has created a need for a public health workforce more highly skilled in community and population-based practices. Despite this need, few changes have been made in the pattern of field placements for nursing students, in part because many public health nurses in population-focused roles are unfamiliar with models of successful student fieldwork in their areas. We describe the Public Health Nurses for Virginia's Future project, a successful project undertaken by nurse educators and public health leaders to increase the number of highly qualified graduates working in state and local health departments.
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, PO Box 980567, Richmond, VA 23298-0567, USA. mwmoon@vcu.edu
Martha W
MW
Moon
Joanne K
JK
Henry
Karen
K
Connelly
Phyllis
P
Kirsch
D002321:Career Choice; D006040:Goals; D006801:Humans; D011637:Public Health Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000639:trends; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D014768:Virginia