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N493 - Community Health Nursing II

Course Description

N493 Community Health Nursing II builds upon the foundation provided in N492 Community Health Nursing I. From a

theoretical and scientific framework, the concepts of epidemiology and disease transmission, comprehensive

assessment of risk factors and health problems, program planning and intervention, environmental health, and

collaboration with the interdisciplinary team are explored. The clinical component focuses upon developing and

evaluating health promotion programs, family assessment, community assessment, and community-based home

care within the context of the community. The nursing process is applied with the goal of promoting and preserving

the health of populations. This course requires 70-100 hours of practicum experience.

Textbook Information

Clark, M. J. (2015). Population and Community Health Nursing (6th ed.). Pearson. ISBN: 9780133859591.

Credit Hours

3

Program Learning Goals

Course Learning Outcomes

After this course, you will be able to:

1. Apply a knowledge base of community health nursing and health teaching skills to the development an

educational project with a focus on illness prevention, health promotion and/or health maintenance of individuals,

families and groups.

2. Demonstrate use of information technology in data gathering and analysis of a community or a specific

population group.

3. Analyze a community assessment to plan a health teaching project that meets the needs of communities

and populations

4. Create an educational project that can be utilized by public and community health nurses to improve the

health status and eliminate health disparities of individuals, families, communities and populations.

5. Implement the planned teaching project to the selected target population.

6. Collaborate with community partners to provide education designed to improve population health.

7. Record and present evidence of the completion of each phase of the teaching project