NURS 450 - Community Health Nursing

Units: 2 ; Breadth Area: Social Justice
This course explores population-focused approaches to community health promotion, disease prevention and integration of complex concepts in community health systems and policies. Note: The Social Justice Overlay requirement is satisfied upon completion of the two-course sequence, NURS 450 and NURS 451.

Prerequisites: B.S. Nursing major and all of: NURS 420, NURS 421, NURS 422, NURS 423, NURS 427.
Co-requisites: NURS 451.
Credit Restrictions: Repeated course may not count toward Major requirements.

Repeatability: May be repeated once for credit for a maximum of 4 units.
Possible Instructional Methods: On-ground, or Hybrid, or Online-Asynchronous.
Grading: A-F grading only.
Course Typically Offered: Fall & Spring

Student Learning Outcomes - Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:

Explore the expansive roles of community health nurses in health promotion and disease prevention.
Analyze social, economic, environmental and political determinants of the health of individuals, families and communities within the context of health equity.
Plan interventions at the individual, community and systems levels based on epidemiologic data, utilization of existing public health resources and community input.
Examine the importance of cultural humility when partnering with community members to engage in evidence-based community health nursing practice, public policy, disease prevention and health promotion.
Evaluate effectiveness of community health nursing interventions.
Apply concepts of quality and safety in nursing to community health practice.

Social Justice Overlay Learning Outcomes

use a disciplinary perspective to analyze issues of social justice and equity;
describe the challenges to achieving social justice; and
identify ways in which individuals and/or groups can contribute to social justice within local communities, nations, or the world.