Public health nursing is an essential health care practice that builds a strong base for quality health within a community. In your response, you have cited four main sources of evidence for public health nurses: national plans and guidelines, personal knowledge through experiences, guidelines set in place by local authorities, and knowledge through training. National plans and guidelines are usually set depending on priorities and rely on experts and evidence-based researches, and thus can be relied on as a source of evidence (Terwindt et al., 2016). Personal experiences provide a trustworthy source of evidence since the public health nurse has a full structure of the events.
Above the four named sources of evidence, you may also include research journals and medical databases as essential sources of evidence for nursing practice. Peer-reviewed medical articles mainly conducted through scientific methods provide a vital source of evidence for nursing practices. Grove and Gray (2018) support research studies for evidence-based practice for nursing as an essential source of evidence in making nursing and healthcare decisions for public health. As you have stated, a public health nurse may acquire practice evidence from personal experiences and formal training. These are essential sources of evidence. You can also add nursing experts as a great source of evidence for public health nursing. There are professionals with vast experience and expertise in a specific field or in handling a particular health issue in the healthcare environment. Grove & Gray (2018) supports experts and experienced professionals as a great source of evidence since they have a long experience in handling similar issues and thus can broadly advise the public health nurses in choosing the best practices suitable for effective and quality healthcare. As listed, Healthy People 2030 is also a suitable source of evidence for public health nurses since it is a repository of various experiences by nursing professionals.
References
Grove, S. K., & Gray, J. R. (2018). Understanding Nursing Research E-Book: Building an Evidence-Based Practice. Elsevier Health Sciences. https://books.google.co.ke/books?hl=en&lr=&id=cxNkDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=Journals+for+nursing+evidence+based+practice&ots=nTBYVB8PcW&sig=85Orlu1iDX-2-Pki76lqvIAEkG8&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false
Terwindt, F., Rajan, D., & Soucat, A. (2016). Priority-setting for national health policies, strategies, and plans. Word Health Organization, 14, 2–65. https://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/handle/10665/250221/9789241549745-chapter4-eng.pdf
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