Epidemiology & Public Health

Epidemiology and Public Health Nursing

As a nurse epidemiologist, works with ensuring that patients receive optimal care while reducing the risk of infection. Additionally, they will focus on prevention methods, infection management and direct patient nursing. Public health nursing may be experienced by one public health nurse or by a group of public health nurses working collaboratively. In both instances, public health nurses are directly engaged in the inter-disciplinary activities of the core public health functions of assessment, assurance and policy development. Public health nurses are well-informed about abundant strategies for involvement, from those applicable to the entire population, to those for the family, and the individual. Public health nurses interpret knowledge from the health and social sciences to individuals and population groups through targeted interventions, programs, and advocacy.