Community & Public Health Nursing I

Catalog description

This course is the first of two required courses. In this course, students explore health teaching concepts and identify strategies to influence population-based healthcare needs for individuals, families, and communities. Students identify surveillance and epidemiological principles impacting chronic and infectious diseases within a community. Students complete a community health nursing practicum with an approved site and preceptor. This course meets the California Board of Registered Nurses (BRN) Public Health certificate requirements.