Community and Population Health

Catalog description

The focus of this course is the professional nurse's role in working with community aggregates and stake holders of population health. The RN pathway student will examine the principles of health promotion as they form the basis for effective community health nursing practice. The student will explore the role of community health nurse working collaboratively with the community as part of an inter-professional team. Grounded in systems theory and informed by the concepts and principles of community health nursing, public health nursing, wellness, health promotion and national goals the student works with aggregates in the community setting. An introduction to conceptual frameworks that guide community-based, population­focused practice and research is included in both the classroom and clinical portions of the course. The student uses skills in community assessment; program planning and practice interventions in helping identified populations within the community maintain their optimum level of health. Selected measures for evaluating outcomes of community health nursing programs are discussed. Contemporary public health problems encountered in community health nursing practice are explored. Selected community health and public health clinical agencies will be selected for clinical practice. Open only to RN Completion Students. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisites: NURS 320, NURS 322, NURS 325, NURS 415 Corequsite: NURS 440 Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 3-3-3