Public health nursing anchors on the health of complete populations or communities. PHN services are provided to personnel and families within the surroundings of the health of the larger community. Public health nursing expertise is in the promotion and protection of health and the prevention of disease. They understand that the health of human beings and communities directly links to the reasons of health such as accommodation, earnings, employment, education, hygiene and safety. Public health nursing is a service which is directed to the general population with priority given to high-risk populations. Core Public Health Nursing services are delivered within a community-based framework; community-based services are driven by the needs and resources of the community and its neighborhoods. Public Health Nurses assess communities on a daily basis while working with individuals, families and groups in the neighborhood, schools, workplaces and homes. Public Health Nurses work with community groups, negotiate partnerships and build collaborative initiatives. They are well placed to control the delivery of a wide group of amenities within a reoriented system. They are effective members and often leaders of interdisciplinary and intersectoral teams. Through identification of the importance of the motivations of health, PHNs develop unified approaches to state health issues. It is through interdisciplinary and intersectoral linkages within communities that Public Health Nurses affect the determinants of health. They are community and public health experts. PHNs can willingly provide guidance to a team of community professionals (e.g., audiologists, health educators, physicians, health inspectors, peer outreach workers). The whole concept is an organized system of practice which:
- Combines knowledge from public health sciences and executive nursing theory;
- Is thorough and integrated in its approach
- Works with community members, other health care experts, authorities and sectors
- Provides connections between individuals, societies, the wider health system and other health controlling sectors;
- Works with communities to evolve particular services, programs and techniques
