Com Nurs/Pub Hlth Policy

Catalog description

Provides students with exploration of the four key nursing modes in the community: community-oriented nursing practice, public health nursing, community health nursing practice and, community-based nursing practice. Promotion of health, prevention of disease in the context of a culturally diverse population is studied. Equally emphasized are the effects of changing governmental roles and structures on healthcare and the nurse\2019s role in the political process with the goal of nurses shaping nursing practice. The nature of ethical problems, care of the environment and the role of holistic nursing in health care reform is discussed. Use of the nursing process to assess aggregates and communities, and to intervene through health education, advocacy, and with epidemiologic methods is emphasized. Prerequisites: NURS650 and NURS651 and NURS652 and NURS653 and NURS654 and NURS656 Co-requisites: NURS753 Restrictions: Must be enrolled in one of the following Levels: Graduate Must be assigned one of the following Student Attributes: MIDAS Nursing Program College of Nursing Nursing