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- Public health nurses play a crucial role in enhancing population health by integrating knowledge from various disciplines like nursing and public health.
- In Saudi Arabia, there's a need to incorporate public health education into nursing programs to address challenges and health needs due to demographic changes.
- The paper suggests that future public health nurses in Saudi Arabia should be trained to understand and address the specific health determinants of their culturally unique populations to improve public health outcomes.
Article Abstract
Public health nurses are key personnel in promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from the nursing, social, and public health sciences. In Saudi Arabia, the nursing profession requires the integration of public health education and associated competencies in the nursing curriculum. In this paper, we aim to highlight the importance of public health nursing in overcoming the challenges associated with epidemiological transitions and responding to the health needs of rising populations, describe the development of the nursing profession in Saudi Arabia, and recommend public health teaching and training objectives for nursing education. The future Saudi public health nurse should be competent in addressing the determinants of health and illness that are salient to a culturally distinct group. This newly outlined role for public health nurses will maximize the use of the educated Saudi nursing workforce and will fill the gap in population public health needs in an efficient and effective way.
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