Community and Public Health Nursing

Catalog description

This course focuses on the community as client for a population-focused practice of the baccalaureate nurse. Students conduct assessments of individuals, families, and groups to identify health needs and commonly encountered health problems within the population. Research-based findings are critically examined and applied in the process of planning, implementing, and evaluating nursing interventions and care coordination at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention. Using an evidence-based framework, students will explore epidemiology; health promotion and disease prevention within groups; individual and family case management, community assessment, and intervention; health information technology; and factors influencing the delivery of and access to population and community health services. This course includes a clinical practicum learning experience of 45 hours. Prerequisite(s): grade of B or better in H NSG 395 to register. Restricted to Nursing B.S. 1+2+1 and Nursing B.S. AM majors