NUR 4390 Humanistic Nursing Care in Public/Community Health Nursing Practice

(formerly NUR 439)

This Level IV theory and clinical nursing course explores the principles of public health nursing practice focusing on the expansion, synthesis and application of prior knowledge. The knowledge needed to provide humanistic nursing care to individuals, families, communities and populations at the local, state, national and international level will be presented. Important concepts for population-based nursing practice, including levels of prevention (health promotion, risk reduction), epidemiology, environmental health, the health care delivery system, public health policy, cultural, economic factors, ethical issues, disaster preparedness and global health, will be discussed. Community intervention strategies will explore development of partnerships with populations and communities. This 4 credit course allocates 2 credits to lecture and 2 credits to clinical for a total of 75 hours/semester one 8-hour day/week.

Credits

4

Prerequisite

NUR 3490, NUR 3590

Corequisite

NUR 4090, NUR 4290

Distribution

Nursing

Offered

Fall, Spring