Abstract

Public health nurses play important roles in heal the promotion and disease prevention and control at the community and population levels. Although nurse sing job responsibilities s are often publicly perceived to be limited to direct patient care, public health nurses make substantial contributions to population health on a daily basis through their participation in patient education, disease surveillance, and public health campaigns. These contributions to public health are especially important in light of recent demographic and epidemiological shifts, health sector reforms, and health workforce changes across the world.