Public Health Nursing

**Definition:** A nursing specialty concerned with promoting and protecting the health of populations, using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences to develop local, regional, state, and national health policy and research. It is population-focused and community-oriented, aimed at health promotion and disease prevention through educational, diagnostic, and preventive programs.

**Tree numbers:** - H02.478.676.755

**Synonyms:** - Nursing, Public Health