NUR 40906 - Community Health Nursing

This course serves as the capstone course and focuses on the nurse’s role in delivering nursing care to the community, which is viewed as a unit. The community is assessed in relation to cultural and environmental influences, such as epidemiology, substance abuse, and violent behavioral patterns. A family theory perspective is used to identify such concepts as family communication patterns, types of families, loss, grief, and family violence. Strategies to assist families and the community are discussed. Students discuss and define various roles within leadership, such as manager, teacher, participant in care delivery, and change agent. Major topics of discussion include leadership, group dynamics, collaborative practice, resource management, and change. Structured and unstructured healthcare environments provide clinical experience for students with individuals, families, groups, and communities.

Offered: Summer

Semester Hours: 6
Clinical Hours: 1
Lecture Hours: 5
Prerequisite(s): Acceptance into the RN-BSN program. Active and valid RN license (Ohio or state of residence). Current nursing professional liability insurance; clinical clearance; NUR 30304 - Concepts of Professional Nursing, NUR 30707 - Clinical Decision Making, NUR 31303 - Healthcare Ethics, NUR 40304 - Nursing Research Evidence Based Practice, NUR 40905 - Nursing Leadership, and NUR 41404 - Transcultural Nursing, all with a grade of “C” or better in theory; and NUR 30707 - Clinical Decision Making with a “satisfactory” designation for clinical performance. There is a teaching/learning or service-learning component to this course.