NRS 453 - Community Health Nursing Lab

Units: 3
Nine hours lab per week
Prerequisite: ANTH 443 , BIOL 432 , Admission to the Nursing Program
Corequisite: NRS 452
Description: This course is intended to introduce students to nursing care of individuals, families, aggregates, communities, and populations on the principles and practices of community health, while exploring contemporary public health problems and working collaborative with the community as part of the inter-professional team. Emphasis is placed on assessment factors that influence the health of populations, identifying vulnerable populations, and the implementation of evidence-based practices in the delivery of spiritually and culturally appropriate health promotion and disease prevention interventions. The role of the nurse as advocate for social justice is explored. Emphasis is on the health of the population based on nursing process as defined by the Neuman System Model. The course assists the student in developing skills of community assessment, program planning and practice interventions to help identify vulnerable populations within the community to maintain their optimal health.
Graded: Credit / No Credit