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NRS 453 - Community Health Nursing Lab


Units: 3
Nine hours lab per week
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Program, BIOL 432   and ANTH 443   or NRS 348  /HLTH 348  
Corequisite(s): 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 collaboratively 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



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