The public health nurse is a distinct occupation: Contrasting skills, competencies, and job tasks between public health nurses and registered nurses

2025/08/20 by Heather Krasna, Isabella Patino, Jocelyn Leung +2
Health Professions · Nursing · #Nursing Education, Practice, and Leadership #Public Health Policies and Education #School Health and Nursing Education

paper · doi:10.1016/j.outlook.2025.102534

openalex publication_date 2025/08/20 · crossref created 2025/08/20 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref issued 2025/11/01 · crossref published 2025/11/01 · crossref published-print 2025/11/01 · crossref deposited 2026/06/05 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28 · crossref indexed 2026/07/28

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