Population Health and Person-Centered Care

Catalog description

This course analyzes the continuum of healthcare delivery from public health prevention, disease management of populations, and health equity perspective. Students focus on the improvement of equitable health outcomes for populations within the community settings, public health, healthcare delivery systems, and government entities. Students will assess system-level capabilities to support and target a population's healthcare needs by recognizing ethical principles, bias, and barriers associated with health outcomes. Collaboration with systems-level stakeholders to evaluate crises and determine a coordinated response. An advanced-level nurse's role in response to public health emergencies to population health, perspective of prevention, surveillance, and containment will be assessed. **Note: Students are required to complete and pass the Oral Proposal Defense by the end of the course. The course requires documentation of 125 immersion hours associated with the DNP Project.