NURS 7610 - PH-CH I: THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVES, STANDARDS, WELLBEING, ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH

[7 Credits]

The first course in the public health/community health nursing series provides a history of public health/community health nursing, along with an overview of the eight principles of practice, the domains of practice with core competencies, and the Standards of Professional Public Health Nursing. The emphasis is on health promotion, disease prevention, and managing chronic prevention from the perspectives of populations and aggregates, with an emphasis on healthy behaviors in different age groups, sex, ethnicity and the impact of socioeconomic factors. The course includes environmental health nursing and the elements of principles of Upstream Thinking and Precautionary Principle and environmental risks and hazards with the implications for advanced practice environmental nursing. Emphasis is placed on critical thinking and in-depth learning, leadership, and collaborative practice. Healthy People and the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will be explored. Practicum focuses on developing competency in the application of advanced public health/community health nursing practice with a focus on community and environmental assessments under the guidance of course faculty and approved clinical preceptors.