Nursing Care: Comm/Public Hlth

Catalog description

The course explores dimensions of the health for individuals, communities, and populations. Emphasis is placed on the context of the community for health promotion, disease prevention, and risk reduction for individuals and families. Using the nursing process and a Christian worldview, students will assess, plan, implement, and evaluate care of clients and families in the home, hospice and other community settings. It will examine epidemiological principles and evidence-based nursing interventions. In the clinical environment, students will work in a variety of community based settings. Focus will include health event investigation, case finding, outreach, health screening and referrals/interventions, community health education, and collaboration and coalition building for community health advocacy. (Prerequisites: NURS 3350, NURS 3360, NURS 3370 and NURS 3380)