COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING THEORY & APPLICATION

Catalog description

This course focuses on the application of professional nursing knowledge and skills as a critical component of community health. Emphasis is on the development of clinical judgment and evidence-based decision making in order to achieve desired population health outcomes. Further emphasis is on addressing social determinants of health as a member of an interprofessional team. The course is organized by specific biopsychosocial concepts that are applied in the community to the primary and secondary levels of prevention.