Comm Public Health Nurs (ABSN)

Catalog description

Emphasis is on the knowledge and skills required to practice community/public health nursing within the context of population health. The student begins to examine the expanding focus of the nursing process in the various roles of the community/public health nurse with attention to holistic nursing appropriate for optimal community and population health outcomes. The significance of primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention and implementing health promotion activities for individuals, families, communities, and population aggregates are addressed. Various environmental, ethical, cultural, legal, financial issues related to quality and safety and community/public/population health are explored. Student must have minimum 2.7 cumulative GPA. Prerequisites: NURS226 and NURS227 and NURS232 and NURS233 Co-requisites: NURS475 Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Programs: Accelerated BS in Nursing Course Attributes: 100 Percent Online No Set Meet, Accelerated BSN College of Nursing Nursing