NURS 407 - Community Health Nursing & Health Promotion

5 Credits
5 lecture hours.

This course emphasizes the application of the nursing process for individuals, families and groups in the community. Concepts include prevention approaches, ecology, epidemiology, multicultural society, infectious diseases, collaboration, and interagency coordination. Students are introduced to methods to identify current or potential needs of individuals, aggregates and/or communities, and to the complex nursing systems for promotion, maintenance or restoration of health. Ethical, social, political, and legal influences on the American healthcare system are included. The Community Health Clinical component provides opportunities for students to practice community health assessment and to employ health promotion strategies to groups composed of individuals, family and community members.

Prerequisite(s) NURS 401, NURS 403, NURS 405 and NURS 409 completed with grades of “C” or higher
Offered (SPRING)