NURS 407 - Community Health Nursing & Health Promotion

5 credits
11 hours per week. 3 lecture hours. 8 practicum 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 will learn methods to identify the 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 Practicum provides opportunities for students to practice community health assessment and to employ health promotion strategies to groups composed of individuals, families, and community members.

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