NURS 420 - Community Health Nursing

Credit Hours: 4

This course focuses on synthesizing nursing knowledge and community health principles as they relate to population health. The concepts of community health nursing, epidemiology, levels of prevention, and health promotion/health education are emphasized. Students are given the opportunity to manage nursing care to vulnerable populations in a variety of community settings. Total Course Hours: 37.5 hours theory, 15 hours lab, 60 hours clinical. Special Fee applies (see “SPECIAL FEES” in the FINANCE section of this Bulletin). (Offered fall/spring)
Prerequisite(s): NURS 317, NURS 318, NURS 319, NURS 320, NURS 327, NURS 328, NURS 331, and NURS 332.
Corequisite(s): NURS 400 or NURS 450.