NUR 45000 Community Health and Health Promotion

This course provides a conceptual foundation for public health/community health nursing in which the community is the client and primary focus of intervention. Students learn to deliver care to populations and aggregates using the core public health functions framework of assessment, policy development and assurance. The changing needs of an increasingly culturally diverse population are examined along with the environmental, economic, political and legal influences impacting the health of populations and aggregates. Students integrate and apply concepts of epidemiology, health policy, strategies to facilitate health promotion and prevention, and evidence-based practice in conducting a community assessment and planning care for a population or aggregate. Clinical activities are concentrated in the community and provide opportunities for students to apply epidemiology, public health science, and professional nursing at the population and aggregate level.

Credits

5

Prerequisite

12 credit hours of NUR coursework at the 30000-level.