NURS 4535 - Community and Public Health Nursing

5 hrs

Presents key concepts, theories, and issues relevant to practice as a public health/community health nurse. Explores the major concepts and conceptual issues underlying the specialty of community-oriented nursing, including the dimensions of public health and community health nursing. The course is intended to assist students in clarifying conceptual issues in the specialty and in beginning to develop positions on critical health care issues including access to care, disparities, vulnerable populations, health promotion across the lifespan and the implementation and progress of Healthy People 2010 National Health Objectives. Three lecture hours and eight hours clinical. Course Fee: Nursing Program Fee $475