Approximately, 41,000 public health nurses (PHNs), 18% of the entire public health workforce, are working in various public health settings across the United States (Beck, Boulton, & Coronado, 2014). PHNs play a unique role in implementing health interventions for at-risk individuals, families, and populations, and they perform system-level changes through the development, implementation, and evaluation of health policies to achieve better health outcomes for these individuals (University of Michigan Center of Excellence in Public Health Workforce, 2013). The public health and public health nursing fields have faced a number of urgent issues, including financial strain stemming from budget cuts; workforce challenges, such as the shrinking size of the workforce, aging, and a retirement cri