Public Health Nurse

A public health nurse or a public nurse is a trained nurse whose work and focus is on community health.  The Otago public health nursing service provides free, confidential well child/tamariki and youth/rangatahi health assessments for youth aged between 0-18 years who are eligible and/or attending early childhood centres and schools. They work in a variety of settings including schools, for the government and for special health projects running in the community.