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NURS 409 - Community and Public Health Nursing

This course provides the student with an understanding of the foundation of community/public health nursing. The course will examine issues affecting local and global populations. Care of special populations will be addressed across the lifespan. Population health issues such as epidemiology, communicable diseases, chronic health problems, substance use disorder, homelessness, environmental and societal violence and emergency preparedness will be viewed from multilevel perspectives. Students will assess a community develop a plan of care for primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Students will incorporate the nation’s Healthy People initiatives in the classroom and through assignments. (RN-BSN course)

Prerequisites & Notes
RN licensure, NURS 302 Health Policy and Politics  and NURS 303 Pathopharmacology in Acute and Chronic Disease  and NURS 310 Health Assessment  and NURS 320 Families and Health in a Multicultural Society  or approval of the Director.

Credits: 3


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