Public Health Nursing

Catalog description

This course is designed to assist the student to meet the Scope and Standards for Public Health Nursing to become eligible to apply for a Public Health Nurse Certificate. These 17 standards provide a broad scope of practice to assess, diagnose, identify, plan, implement, and evaluate a public health and community -based intervention plan. The health of the community and populations within the community is the focus of the course. Students will apply nursing and public standards to promote health, prevent disease and restore the health of population groups.