The present focus of community health nursing is on community wide approaches to promote health of populations. Community health nursing includes working with individuals and defining risk factors for illness and injury and encompasses a broad scope of practice. This course will introduce learners to the practice of community health nursing: nursing roles and activities, levels of prevention, immunizations, primary health care, and determinants of health, nursing strategies, and varied practice settings within the community. The purpose will be to provide a theory base andunderstanding of community health concepts that will provide the learner with the basis for nursing practice with individuals, families, and groups within the community setting. In the lab setting the learners will develop the skills, knowledge and ability to administer various immunizations.
Credits: 3.00