Public Health Nursing: Concepts and Clinical Applications

Catalog description

The interrelationship among public health theory, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and evidence-based practices are studies and applied to public health nursing practice for individuals, families, communities, and populations across the life span. Environmental health, epidemiology, health care systems, and regulations, policy development, economics, and emergency preparedness are examined. Grounded in social justice, students will explore the role of advocacy with a commitment to health and safety of vulnerable populations locally, nationally, and worldwide. Public health concepts will be applied in a variety of clinical settings to introduce the student to public health nursing practice. Opportunities for experiences in inter-a and intraprofessional communication and collaboration, population-focused assessment and interventions, health promotion and clinical prevention, care delivery, and health teaching are offered. Prerequisites: 323, 324, 365, 372, 382.