Budget cuts are latest challenge to public health nurses at a time when the sick, the poor, the elderly and the underserved are relying on their services.
Earlier this year, a homeless woman in the seventh month of her pregnancy walked into a prenatal clinic in Washington state with a toddler in tow. She walked out with a prenatal care appointment and a few brochures—but not the wider range of health services she really needed.
Why the brush-off? The nurses on staff could not treat her greater needs themselves and they could not connect her with a public health nurse who could help her. State and local legislators struggling to balance ever tighter budgets had cut funding for public health nursing, leaving those who rely on their services without full access to them.
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