4.00 Credits
This course focuses on the development and application of knowledge underlying community health nursing practice, the use of critical thinking and creativity within the nursing process as applied to culturally diverse patients, communities, aggregates, and populations. Community assessment strategies and health promotion strategies at each level of prevention, the impact of healthcare policy, finance, and regulatory environments on the health of the community, state, and nation are incorporated. The influence and trends of global health on international, national, state, and local healthcare policies are explored. Three hours lecture and one hour clinical. Prerequisites: NUR 335, 344. Fall.