Transcultural Nursing IV: Nursing in the Community and Mental Health

Catalog description

This course focuses on the theoretical concepts and evidence based best practices for safe culturally competent nursing practice in diverse communities from a local, national and global perspective. The role of the community health nurse as a member of the inter-professional health care team is emphasized. The integration of public health principles that include social, cultural, political, economic, policy and environmental health care indicators that are pivotal to the development of care strategies that promote and protect the health of communities, especially populations at risk, the elderly and underserved populations. There is also a concentration on the mental health of patients in the community, as well as the hospital setting. Students gain an understanding of metal health disease processes, medication management, and nursing care of the patient with mental health disorders. Prerequisite Course(s): Prerequisites: NURS 360, NURS 351, NURS 410 Corequisites: NURS 465, NURS 430 Classroom Hours - Laboratory and/or Studio Hours – Course Credits: 4-0-4