Public nursing in today's community

It has been said that: "Health care is vital to all of us some of the time, but public health is vital to all of us all of the time." My understanding of public health / community health nowadays is the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community, as by preventive medicine, health education, control of communicable diseases, application of sanitary measures, and monitoring of environmental hazards. After much research, the …showed first 75 words of 839 total…

…showed last 75 words of 839 total…and therefore make a conscious effort to integrate social justice, making it available to the poor as many resources as possible. After all, the national goals of healthcare include the removal of disparities by making healthcare more accessible and affordable to all rich or poor. I believe public health nurses are the pioneers of the concept of social justice. Public health nursing is focused on making health a human right despite on who you are.