The Public Health Nurses' Competency in the Practice of Client-Centered Health Guidance for Lifestyle-Related Diseases Prevention

The public health nurses’ scope of practice explicitly includes child protection within their role, which places them in a prime position to identify child protection concerns. This role compliments that of other professions and voluntary agenices who work with children. Public health nurses are in a privileged position as they form a relationship with the child’s parent(s)/guardian(s) and are able to see the child in its own environment, which many professionals cannot. Child protection in Ireland, while influenced by other countries, has progressed through a distinct pathway that streamlined protocols and procedures. However, despite the above serious failures have occurred in the Irish system, and inquiries over the past 20 years persistently present similar contributing factors, namely, the lack of standardized and comprehensive service responses. Moreover, poor practice is compounded by the lack of recognition of the various interactional processes taking place within and between the different agencies of child protection, leading to psychological barriers in communication. This article will explore the lessons learned for public health nurses practice in safeguarding children in the Republic of Ireland.

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Beyond the Boundary Between Science and Values: re-evaluating the moral dimension of the nurse’s role in cot death prevention

Nursing Ethics ◽

10.1191/0969733002ne494oa ◽

2002 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 137-154 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Klasien Horstman ◽

Engeline van Rens-Leenaarts

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Ethical Dilemmas ◽

Public Health Nurses ◽

The Public ◽

Cot Death ◽

Science And Values ◽

Rules And Principles ◽

Standards And Guidelines ◽

Prone Sleeping ◽

Health Nursing

This article combines a philosophical critique of the idea that public health nurses are primary technicians who neutrally hand over scientifically established facts on risks to the public and an empirical analysis of the actual work of public health nurses. It is argued that the relationship between facts and values in public health is complex and that, despite the introduction of several scientifically-based standards and guidelines, public health nurses are not technicians. They do moral work and experience ethical dilemmas. To get a grip on the specific character of this moral work, we distance ourselves from the idea that there are ethical dilemmas in public health nursing for which we can provide general ethical rules and principles. Instead we suggest a contextual ethical approach, in which several different kinds of consideration may be important. To illustrate this, we analysed 15 in-depth interviews with nurses involved in the prevention of cot deaths in the Netherlands. It is shown that these nurses do not neutrally pass on the epidemiological facts on the risks of prone sleeping, warm bedclothes and passive smoking, but they are the moral architects of this preventive practice. It is also shown that this moral work and the ethical dilemmas they experience cannot be characterized in terms of general ethical rules and principles. It becomes clear that the moral work of nurses differs according to the three main risks at stake: the balance between virtue, risk taking and responsibility depends on the specific context.

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How Public Health Nurses Identify and Intervene in Child Maltreatment Based on the National Clinical Guideline

Nursing Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2014/425460 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 2014 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Paavilainen Eija ◽

Helminen Mika ◽

Flinck Aune ◽

Lehtomäki Leila

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Child Maltreatment ◽

Clinical Guideline ◽

Public Health Nurses ◽

Cross Sectional Survey ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Web Based ◽

Content Areas ◽

Maltreated Children ◽

The Public

Objectives. To describe how Finnish public health nurses identify and intervene in child maltreatment and how they implement the National Clinical Guideline in their work.Design and Sample. Cross-sectional survey of 367 public health nurses in Finland.Measures. A web-based questionnaire developed based on the content areas of the guideline: identifying, intervening, and implementing.Results. The respondents reported they identify child maltreatment moderately (mean 3.38), intervene in it better (4.15), and implement the guideline moderately (3.43, scale between 1 and 6). Those with experience of working with maltreated children reported they identify them betterP<0.001, intervene betterP<0.001, and implement the guideline betterP<0.001than those with no experience. This difference was also found for those who were aware of the guideline, had read it, and participated in training on child maltreatment, as compared to those who were not aware of the guideline, had not read it, or had not participated in such training.Conclusions. The public health nurses worked quite well with children who had experienced maltreatment and families. However, the results point out several developmental targets for increasing training on child maltreatment, for devising recommendations for child maltreatment, and for applying these recommendations systematically in practice.

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Development of a Scale That Measures Job Satisfaction in Public Health Nurses Employed in the Public Sector

JOURNAL OF THE JAPANESE ASSOCIATION OF RURAL MEDICINE ◽

10.2185/jjrm.69.464 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 69 (5) ◽

pp. 464-477

Author(s):

Kimiko TAMAI ◽

Akiko HOSHINO ◽

Saori YOSHIOKA ◽

Toshiki KATSURA

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Job Satisfaction ◽

Public Sector ◽

Public Health Nurses ◽

The Public

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Research on Understanding of the Public Health Nurses on the Roles of Parents for the Supports of Children

The Proceedings of the Annual Convention of the Japanese Psychological Association ◽

10.4992/pacjpa.77.0_3ev-050 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 77 (0) ◽

pp. 3EV-050-3EV-050

Author(s):

Kazuhiro SHIGENOI ◽

Hironori KOMASA ◽

Taro AKADA ◽

Hisao TOMOHISA

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Public Health Nurses ◽

The Public

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IMPROVING PUBLIC AWARENESS ON PERITONEAL DIALYSIS THROUGH PUBLIC HEALTH NURSES: A DOCUMENT REVIEW

Jurnal Mitra Kesehatan ◽

10.47522/jmk.v1iiahsc.109 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (IAHSC) ◽

pp. 25-32

Author(s):

Ridha Afzal ◽

Syaifoel Hardy ◽

Isak Jurun Hans Tukayo ◽

Tri Yudha Sasmita

Keyword(s):

Public Health ◽

Peritoneal Dialysis ◽

Swot Analysis ◽

Public Awareness ◽

Public Health Nurses ◽

Public Health Services ◽

The Public ◽

Study Selection ◽

Document Review

Introduction: Lack of understanding of peritoneal dialysis could be the main cause of the low number of its users in Aceh. To increase its awareness, public health nurses have a crucial role in public health services. This article aims to analyze the factors that cause the community's lack of understanding of peritoneal dialysis and offer solutions by refining the role of public health nurses. Method: The study used a Document Review by SWOT Analysis with 2x2 matrix. The documents were extracted from Google Scholar, ResearchGate, Pubmed, and Semantic Scholar. The indicators and the inclusion criteria were respondent (public health nurses), research method (quantitative), year (from 2015 to 2020) and language (English and Indonesian). The keywords in the search were the roles of nurses in public health centers (Puskesmas), Aceh nurses, and peritoneal dialysis. Results: The study screened 28 documents in which 23 documents met the eligibility and 16 documents that met the study selection were reviewed. Conclusion: The study suggested that the Acehnese have the potential to develop the CAPD program through the Public Health Center (Puskesmas) nurses approach.

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