NURS 4733 - Population Focused Community Health

3 (3-0)

(Formerly: NURS 4144 - Community Health Nursing, 4(4-0))

Prerequisite(s): Currently no prerequisites.

(Former Prerequiste: Admission to the RN to BSN program or RN to MSN program.)

Co-requisite(s): Currently no co-requisite.

(Former Co-requisite: NURS 4143 .)

This course introduces the concept of the community of persons/patients, families, and populations as the patient in the healthcare system and the roles of the nurse in community services. Nurse roles include public policy, provision of primary care, prevention of disease or health risk, education and health promotion, and restoration.

(Former Description: Students are exposed to a variety of settings where the nurse functions in the community. Concepts relevant to community health nursing of epidemiology, health promotion, health planning/teaching, cultural awareness, consumerism, legislation, and world health concerns are explored. Planning and providing nursing care for individuals, families, groups, and communities are related to community assessment, health promotion/patient education, and primary-secondary-tertiary prevention.)

Effective Term: Fall 2015 - Change of Course Number, Title, Description, and Lecture/Lab Hours

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