2018 Volume 67 Issue 4 Pages 360-364
Today, public health nurses handle cases with multiple problems, and many related organizations are involved. Furthermore, it is becoming more important to collaborate with relevant organizations in policy planning. We analyzed cases where public health nurses have worked with many related organizations to resolve problems. We also analyzed cases of policy planning involving public health nurses. From the case analysis, we examined the roles and abilities required of public health nurses. Our results indicate that the skills necessary for public health nurses to demonstrate expertise as generalists include the following: (1) communication skills, (2) coordination abilities, and (3) management abilities.
