NUR 4310 - Population-based Nursing

This course focuses on at-risk/vulnerable populations with emphasis on primary, secondary and tertiary prevention in the community. Students will focus on the mutuality level of relationship-centered care by cultivating caring relationships with teams and other practitioners and valuing diversity. Students will use epidemiology (biostatistics) to examine significant disease trends and to ascertain significant disparities of care between various groups. Health policies, health economics, models of health care delivery and their effects on the delivery of community health services will be examined from a global perspective. Nursing practice sites will include public health agencies, community nursing agencies, hospice, palliative care sites, and rehabilitation agencies. Students will focus on health education/aggregate care in each site, with particular attention to Healthy People 2010 objectives. The professional nurse’s role in influencing health policy, health care, telehealth, health law, public policy, and the health of a community will be examined.

Prerequisites & Corequisites: Prerequisites: NUR 4200, 4210. Corequisite: NUR 4320.

Credits: 6 hours