NURS 3332 Population Focused Community Health Nursing

Explores the concepts of and strategies for disease prevention and health promotion that are needed to improve the health of individuals, families, communities and selected populations. Addresses global factors impacting health care. The nurse's role in the promotion of population health is emphasized.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

NURS 3322, NURS 3323

Typically Offered

Demorest Campus: every spring — Athens Campus: every fall

Student Learning Outcomes

1. Apply conceptual frameworks of public health nursing practice.
2. Describe the organization and financing of the health care delivery system from a local, state, national, and global perspective.
3. Explain major influences on health care and the practice of community oriented nursing related to ethics, culture, health policy and the environment.
4. Utilize critical thinking skills to plan, organize, implement, and evaluate a population focused health promotion project.
5. Utilize technological resources to examine current population health data.
6. Apply evidence based findings to community nursing.
7. Describe vulnerable populations and the factors leading to vulnerability.
8. Explore the roles, function, and importance of community health nurses.
9. Demonstrate the role of nurse advocate.
10. Demonstrate professionalism, including attention to appearance, demeanor, respect for self and others and attention to professional boundaries with patients, families and the inter-professional health care team.
11. Understand the role of the nurse and other healthcare professionals in promoting conditions and healthy behaviors that improve population health.
12. Demonstrate the professional standards of moral, ethical and legal conduct in community health nursing.
13. Practice safe and competent community nursing care with individuals and families.