NURS 456P Community Health Nursing Practicum

This course focuses on the origins and trends in community and public health nursing, conceptual models for practice, and contemporary public health problems and issues. Students synthesize knowledge from nursing, public health and the social sciences to provide holistic care with community as client. Emphasis is on primary prevention, health promotion, and risk reduction, as well as prevalent population-based health issues; focusing on racism and inequities in delivery of health care within populations.

Prerequisites

• HSCI 309: Global Health Issues and HSCI 358: Racism and Health and NURS 420: Lifespan Transitions: Aging and Health and NURS 301: Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Practice and NURS 335: Introduction to Evidence-Based Practice

Special information

Prerequisites: NURS 307 and NURS 420. Co-requisite: NURS 456. Meeting dates: TBA. additional times and dates will be scheduled by faculty for a total of 60 clinical hours.