title: Community health nursing vision for 2020: shaping the future.
abstract: As health care is shifting from hospital to community, community health nurses (CHNs) are directly affected. This descriptive qualitative study sought to understand priority issues currently facing CHNs, explore development of a national vision for community health nursing, and develop recommendations to shape the future of the profession moving toward the year 2020. Focus groups and key informant interviews were conducted across Canada. Five key themes were identified: community health nursing in crisis now, a flawed health care system, responding to the public, vision for the future, and CHNs as solution makers. Key recommendations include developing a common definition and vision of community health nursing, collaborating on an aggressive plan to shift to a primary health care system, developing a comprehensive social marketing strategy, refocusing basic baccalaureate education, enhancing the capacity of community health researchers and knowledge in community health nursing, and establishing a community health nursing center of excellence.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. schofir@mcmaster.ca
authors.forename: Ruth
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schofield
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ganann
authors.forename: Sandy
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: McGugan
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dalla Bona
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Betker
authors.forename: Katie
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dilworth
authors.forename: Laurie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Parton
authors.forename: Cheryl
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Reid-Haughian
authors.forename: Marlene
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Slepkov
authors.forename: Cori
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Watson
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D017144:Focus Groups; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D009729:Nursing / Q000639:trends*