With the growing concern for public health, higher demands have been placed on the competence of public health nurses. The public health nursing system in foreign countries is better developed, while the public health nursing system in China has developed more slowly due to the influence of history and policy changes. In recent years, affected by the frequent occurrence of public health events, administrators have recognized the important role of nurses in public health. This paper introduces the concept, framework and assessment tools of public health nurse competency in order to provide a reference for constructing a multi-faceted and multi-level assessment tool and service quality evaluation index system suitable for the competency of public health nurses in China.

Huihui Lin, Qingqing Yang, Sheng Wang. Advances in Research on Competency Frameworks and Assessment Tools for Public Health Nurses. Academic Journal of Medicine & Health Sciences (2024), Vol. 5, Issue 11: 43-48. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJMHS.2024.051106.

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