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Public Health Nurse Decisions Regarding At-Risk Postpartum Case Closure, Denise K. Thompson Phd
Public Health Nurse Decisions Regarding At-Risk Postpartum Case Closure, Denise K. Thompson Phd
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During the late 19th century, public health nursing emerged in the United States as an autonomous nursing specialty providing maternal-child health (MCH) home visitation services. Present day MCH public health nurses (PHNs), guided by their predecessors, focus on health promotion and disease prevention in at-risk maternal-child populations. Health policies, funding streams, and local public health nursing protocols are examples of extrinsic factors that may affect length of home visitation services for at-risk women and their children. The purpose of this study was to better understand the factors related to variations in PHN decisions to terminate home visitation services for at-risk …