Holistic and Community Health Nursing

Catalog description

This course explores the role of selected complementary and alternative health practices and promotions in the healthcare arena. Emphasis will be placed on ways to promote healing and optimum health in the individual. Students will use critical thinking and creativity to study a range of complementary modalities that contribute to the heightened awareness of client -focused care and life quality. Major concepts to focus on include health and wellness, body -mind healing, spirituality and health, holistic nursing theories, ethics, and evidenced- based practice. This course will explore the role of the nurse as caring for individuals, families, communities, and populations, with an emphasis on designing, implementing, and evaluating population- based interventions to promote health. Consideration is given to populations experiencing chronic health problems being cared for in the home and in the community.