Nursing

Catalog description

Population based health and multi-sectoral systems influencing health, locally and globally, are explored. Students build upon clinical judgment skills from an individual level of care to a global context of care. Focus is on risk reduction, protective and predictive factors, and the systems influencing the health of individuals, families, and communities. Multiple determinants of health and basic data patterns are applied to assess the health and illness beliefs, assets and barriers to health and to explore historical, social, political and economic forces impacting the health of communities. Prerequisite: NURS 327, NURS 328, NURS 329, NURS 330, NURS 331, NURS 332, NURS 333, NURS 334, NURS 335, NURS 336, NURS 337, NURS 338, NURS 339 Corequisites: NURS 471, NURS 472, NURS 473, NURS 474, NURS 475, or consent of instructor.