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July 2005, Vol 95, No. 7 | American Journal of Public Health 1102-1105
© 2005 American Public Health Association
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2004.055368

FIELD ACTION REPORT

Public Health Nurses for Virginia’s Future: A Collaborative Project to Increase the Number of Nursing Students Choosing a Career in Public Health Nursing

Martha W. Moon, PhD, RN, MPH, JoAnne K. Henry, EdD, RN, MPH, Karen Connelly, RN, MPA and Phyllis Kirsch, MS, MPH

Martha W. Moon, JoAnne K. Henry, and Phyllis Kirsch are with the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, Richmond. At the time of this project, Karen Connelly was with the Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Martha W. Moon, RN, PhD, MPH, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Nursing, PO Box 980567, Richmond, VA 23298-0567 (e-mail: mwmoon{at}vcu.edu).

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.






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