Population Health

Catalog description

This course will focus on an introduction to theory and concepts of population health. Emphasis is on the professional nurse?s role in working with various populations as the client. Care will be delivered based on standards of population health. The student will then explore the role of the nurse working collaboratively within the community and as part of an interdisciplinary team. An introduction to conceptual frameworks that focus on population health will be included in both the classroom and clinical portions of the course. Selected agencies that service the various populations will be utilized for clinical practice. Lecture/Lab. Offered fall and spring.