BSNR 4454 - Community Health Nursing

Credits: 4

This course prepares the RN-BSN student for population-focused practice in community health nursing. Concepts and principles of community and applications of health promotion/illness protection and national health goals are examined. The RN-BSN student works with aggregates, including families, in the community setting, collaboratively, as a member of a multidisciplinary team in the role of change agent, consumer advocate, educator, and consumer of research. The RN-BSN student uses skills in community assessment, program planning, and application of primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions to help identified populations within the community maintain their optimum level of health. Prereq: BSNR 3341, and BSNR 3343, and BSNR 3363 Coreq: BSNR 4430 2 lecture hours 4 lab hours $