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Rebuilding Public Health Nursing Practice: A Canadian Perspective
Author(s) -
Yiu Matuk Lucia C. K.,
Horsburgh Martha E. Chadwell
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
public health nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.471
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 1525-1446
pISSN - 0737-1209
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1446.1989.tb00593.x
Subject(s) - nursing , public health nursing , perspective (graphical) , specialty , public health , medicine , family medicine , computer science , artificial intelligence
Although the importance of preventive services has been emphasized in Canada, the status of public health nursing appears to be in jeopardy. Major challenges confront the profession, and certain strategies may help to rebuild it as a broad‐based nursing specialty.