Professor, Department of Child, Family, and Population Health Nursing, University of Washington School of Nursing, Seattle, WA.
President & CEO, Public Health Accreditation Board, Alexandria, VA.
Nurs Outlook. 2021 Sep-Oct;69(5):865-874. doi: 10.1016/j.outlook.2021.03.023. Epub 2021 May 3.
The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for nurse leaders who "embrace the interconnection" between medicine and public health. The inequitable impact of COVID-19 on people of color demonstrates the importance of applying expertise from nursing practice and public health systems to work with communities and other professions on complex health issues. Yet, despite a clear need for improved population health, educational programs designed to produce Advanced Public Health Nurses, with skills to address complex system changes, have become increasingly scarce.
We put forward the perspective that the nation needs more advanced practice nurses prepared for leadership roles focused on the health of whole populations, marginalized communities, and the systems and policies that promote their health.
We argue that opportunities should be expanded for nurses to attain education for these roles through increased investments in the Doctor of Nursing Practice model to prepare nurses for advanced public health specialty practice.
新冠疫情凸显了对能够“拥抱医学和公共卫生之间的相互联系”的护士领导者的需求。新冠疫情对有色人种的不平等影响表明，将护理实践和公共卫生系统的专业知识应用于与社区和其他专业人员合作解决复杂健康问题至关重要。然而，尽管人们对改善人口健康的需求明显，但旨在培养具备应对复杂系统变革技能的高级公共卫生护士的教育项目却越来越少。
我们提出这样一种观点，即国家需要更多的有准备的、专注于整个人群、边缘化社区以及促进其健康的系统和政策的高级实践护士来担任领导角色。
我们认为，应该通过增加对护理实践博士模式的投资，为护士提供更多的机会，让他们通过教育获得这些角色，以准备护士从事高级公共卫生专业实践。
