NUR 410 - Community Health

The focus of this course is on populations and the provision of care includes individuals, families, communities, aggregates, systems and populations. Students are introduced to the roles of public health and community based Nurses. Students apply skills and knowledge towards local and global population perspective. The course emphasizes health promotion and disease prevention, using the public health sciences of epidemiology, environmental health, health policy, community assessment, and community interventions. The three core public health functions assurance, assessment, and policy development are used as a framework. Important current topics are presented to illustrate public health Nursing concepts. In the clinical component students complete a community assessment and intervention project as an opportunity to apply social and public health sciences to communities, systems, and populations across all ages.
Prerequisite(s): NUR 280, NUR 320, NUR 330, NUR 335, NUR 338, NUR 355, NUR 356,and NUR 450 or permission of the department.
Corequisite(s): ConCurrent requisites: NUR 357 and NUR 435
Lecture Hours: 3 Lab Hours: 3 Credits: 4