NUR 4638C - Community and Public Health Nursing

4 hours Lecture, 2 hours Practicum, 5 credits
Upper-Division College Credit
Prerequisite(s): NUR 3125
AA Elective: No
This course reinforces illness-prevention, health-promotion, and health-maintenance concepts as these apply to community nursing roles, such as those within school, public health, home health, and occupational health settings. The curriculum includes mechanisms to enable disease education and prevention strategies, as well as community-based treatment options, to be integrated as part of a community assessment that incorporates a program plan, implementation, and evaluation to increase effectiveness. Risk-reduction interventions to decrease morbidity, mortality, injury, and disability are discussed within the course to promote equity, acceptability, affordability, and accessibility of care.

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