Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies

ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze regulation and public policies related to nursing and the specialist nurse in community and public health nursing. Methods: Analysis of the legal and normative framework of community and public health nursing in Portugal, as well as current public health policies, re...

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Main Authors: Carmen Maria dos Santos Lopes Monteiro da Cunha, Maria Adriana Pereira Henriques, Andreia Cátia Jorge Silva Costa
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Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Enfermagem 2020-09-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
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author Carmen Maria dos Santos Lopes Monteiro da Cunha
Maria Adriana Pereira Henriques
Andreia Cátia Jorge Silva Costa
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description ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze regulation and public policies related to nursing and the specialist nurse in community and public health nursing. Methods: Analysis of the legal and normative framework of community and public health nursing in Portugal, as well as current public health policies, regarding the competences and intervention of this nurse, articulated with the attributions of the Public Health Unit. Results: The intervention of this nurse deserves a broad reflection, in the sense of maximizing the activities of community and public health, essential for the implementation of public policies and obtaining health gains. Final considerations: This nurse has competences foreseen in the regulations and standards for public health interventions, in line with the attributions of the Public Health Unit, of the National Health Service, in which specialties are identified for their performance in the current structure.
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spelling doaj.art-925d71b4a21e4432ac5bbd7265df8b422022-12-22T04:12:38ZengAssociação Brasileira de EnfermagemRevista Brasileira de Enfermagem1984-04462020-09-0173610.1590/0034-7167-2019-0550Public health nursing: regulation and public health policiesCarmen Maria dos Santos Lopes Monteiro da Cunhahttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5418-8377Maria Adriana Pereira Henriqueshttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0288-6653Andreia Cátia Jorge Silva Costahttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2727-4402ABSTRACT Objective: To analyze regulation and public policies related to nursing and the specialist nurse in community and public health nursing. Methods: Analysis of the legal and normative framework of community and public health nursing in Portugal, as well as current public health policies, regarding the competences and intervention of this nurse, articulated with the attributions of the Public Health Unit. Results: The intervention of this nurse deserves a broad reflection, in the sense of maximizing the activities of community and public health, essential for the implementation of public policies and obtaining health gains. Final considerations: This nurse has competences foreseen in the regulations and standards for public health interventions, in line with the attributions of the Public Health Unit, of the National Health Service, in which specialties are identified for their performance in the current structure.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-71672020000600401&tlng=enNursingPublic Health NursingRegulationPublic HealthPublic Health Policies
spellingShingle Carmen Maria dos Santos Lopes Monteiro da Cunha
Maria Adriana Pereira Henriques
Andreia Cátia Jorge Silva Costa
Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies
Revista Brasileira de Enfermagem
Nursing
Public Health Nursing
Regulation
Public Health
Public Health Policies
title Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies
title_full Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies
title_fullStr Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies
title_full_unstemmed Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies
title_short Public health nursing: regulation and public health policies
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topic Nursing
Public Health Nursing
Regulation
Public Health
Public Health Policies
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