ADVANCED EPIDEMIOLOGY FOR NURSING PRACTICE

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This course introduces students to epidemiology concepts and methods for disease prevention, surveillance, detection, and intervention to promote the health of populations. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking, analytic skills and application to clinical nursing settings. Discuss specifi c epidemiologic skills including accessing existing datasets, analysis of published epidemiologic studies, data interpretation, and application of criteria for screening for disease in community. Opportunities for active participation in simulated disease investigations are included. It facilitates the development of competencies related to nursing scientific knowledge for nursing practice, population health, scholarship for the nursing discipline, system -based practice and information and healthcare technology. Requires 45 hours of the