Population and Community Health Nursing ((4 Credits))

Catalog description

This course takes a determinants of health approach to understand what influences health and health equity in communities and populations. The course builds competencies in population health assessment, problem identification, and planned response. The historical role of nursing in community and public health is reviewed and diverse community practice settings are considered. The course builds capacity to engage a range of nursing roles, from direct care to structural change, to build health equity and improve the health of populations, communities, and individuals. Public health concepts, including environmental health and emergency preparedness, are incorporated in the course content. The course incorporates a community practicum experience. This course satisfies the university’s liberal arts and sciences requirements. This course is only available to Empire State University nursing program students. NOTE: Self-registration is not available for the clinical courses. You will be manually registered by the university once all the requirements are completed and approved. This course was previously NUR 204084. Prerequisites: Course Prerequisites for NURS 4015 for RN to BSN program: NURS-3005: Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing ; NURS-3010: Health Assessment; NURS-3015: Pharmacology; NURS-3020: Nursing Informatics*; NURS-3025: Nursing Research & Evidence Based Practice* *may be prerequisite or corequisite Course Prerequisites for NURS 4015 for RN to MSN Program: NURS-3005: Transition to Baccalaureate Nursing ; NURS-3010: Health Assessment; NURS-3015: Pharmacology; NURS-4005: Healthcare Delivery Systems & Policy;.