Community Health Nursing

Catalog description

Theory and concepts of community/public/global health utilizing levels of prevention are presented. The public/community health nurse's role as a partner with the community to shape conditions supportive of health is emphasized through application of the nursing process, beginning with the assessment of the community’s health, wellness needs and available resources. Planning, organization and delivery of services for populations at-risk are tied to Healthy People goals, with an introduction to political and sociocultural aspects of community, demographic and epidemiological methods. A variety of populations and settings are used in the experiential learning component of this course.