About Us

About Public Health Nursing

Public Health Nursing (PHN) is your go–to source for professional insights, learnings, and current practice in public health nursing. Here, we offer to share our knowledge, tools and strategies to make an impact in communities, as nurses can do so much to improve public health outcomes.

Our Mission

The mission at Public Health Nursing is to educate and empower public health nurses about the basic elements of public health nursing. We want to help experienced nurses, new graduates, or anyone interested in becoming a nurse, whether that be in pediatrics, adult, or psychiatric nursing, with evidence-based guidance, practical tips, and encouragement to help you achieve your goal of effectively serving communities.

What We Offer

The purpose of our blog is to create a resource public health nurses can use to become better informed, skillful, and cause impact within the communities they dwell in. Here’s what you’ll find:

• Best Practices: Evidence based practices and guidelines that assist you in delivering the highest standard of care in public health nursing.
• Expert Guidance: Recommendations from experienced nurses, public health experts, and other leaders in the field as you work your way through the twists and turns of public health nursing.
• Free Resources: You can access tools, templates and checklists downloadable that will help you in your daily practice.

Our Categories

To make it easy for you to find the information you’re looking for, we’ve kept the content in our site organised into specific categories.

Public Health Nursing Best Practices: Discover the best and evidenced based practices in provision of care in the varied public health settings.

Community Health & Nursing Guidance: Learn strategies to improve community health and nursing care to the unique needs of various populations.

Preventive Care & Health Promotion: Learn how to encourage healthy behaviors and prevent illness, and educate the public on the topic of selfcare.

Emergency Preparedness & Response: Keep up with best practices for preparing for and responding to public health emergencies, including natural disasters and pandemics.

Maternal & Child Health Nursing: Find out how to optimize care given to mothers and children, in support of maternal health, child development and family centered care.

Nursing Mental Health And Substance Abuse: Learn to support those with mental health issues and substance abuse disorders while also learning how to do so with compassion.

Elderly & Geriatric Public Health Nursing: Learn to provide care for the elderly populations, and manage chronic conditions with them, improve quality of life for them, and manage their age related health concerns.

Environmental & Occupational Health Nursing: Discover the ways that environmental factors and occupational hazards affect health and the ways to address these in nursing practice.

Policy & Leadership in Public Health Nursing: Learn to develop policy, advocate, and lead in public health nursing and consider how policy, advocacy, and policy shape public health nursing.

Technology & Innovation in Public Health Nursing: Keep up with the latest in healthcare technology and innovations that are impacting the way public health nursing is practiced.

Why Choose Us?

Comprehensive Coverage: We blog about all things public health and nursing, from best practices to the most recent trends.

Expert Advice: Insights from public health nursing professionals and leaders help keep you up to date with this ever evolving field.

Practical Resources: We help you apply what you’ve learned in your daily nursing practice and have new tools, completely free of charge, that you can download, which includes templates and checklists.

Community Support: Take part in a network with public health nurses like you who are interested in healthcare improvement in communities around the world.

Our Story

A combination of passionate healthcare innovators started Public Health Nursing to work towards improving public health, using nursing to achieve it. We’ve been working in the academic realm of public health for years; and we know both the challenges and the rewards, so we want to spread the word with those trying to have a positive impact.

When we first began our blog, we did it with the intention of providing a resource for nurses to offer better practices and guidance in public health care, and we continue to fall back on this goal. It has since grown into a trusted platform for nurses, educators, and public health leaders that need to remain up to date with the latest information in the field.

Why Follow Us?

Stay Informed: We keep our blog up-to-date with the newest information and most current best practices and trends in the world of public health nursing.

Empower Your Practice: We offer you professional knowledge and practical hints that equip you to provide high quality caring and make a difference and lasting impact in your community.

Foster Professional Growth: Are you looking at expanding your already extensive knowledge, or your leadership skills in general? Our resources can help you grow in your career.

Become a part of the Public Health Nursing Community

Ready to increase the scope of your impact, and to improve your practice in public health? Be a part of a community of dedicated public health nurses and subscribe to our newsletter. Being a subscriber will guarantee you the latest news first, expert insight and advice, and even free resources delivered straight to your inbox.

Here at Public Health Nursing, we are here to help you become the best nurse you can be. Together we can move forward and improve public health and healthier communities globally.