In 2023, through funding provided by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, the Missouri Public Health Association (MPHA) Section for Public Health Nursing (SPHN) facilitated the development of a statewide community of public health nursing practice to foster shared learning, encourage collaboration and offer an opportunity for creative problem solving, innovation and engagement with partners and other professional groups across the state of Missouri.
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Opportunities for Missouri public health nursing can be found at both the state and local level. Careers at the community level can be found through your local public health agency.
Public health nurses improve health care
Optimal health is largely the result of a person's social and physical environments. As the largest segment of the health care workforce and the most trusted profession, nurses are leading the way to transform health and health care by focusing on the social determinants of health and the places where people live, learn, work, worship and play.
PHNs advance the health of individuals, families and communities using a distinct skill set. This skill set includes consistent utilization of the nursing process; application of critical thinking skills; and decision-making informed by science and evidence. These unique skills overlay all of the "ten ways" that PHNs improve health as described below.
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This work is/was supported by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services through funds made available from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), National Center for STLT Public Health Infrastructure and Workforce, through OE22-2203: Strengthening U.S. Public Health Infrastructure, Workforce, and Data Systems grant. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement by, CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Governement.