NURS 467 - Community Health Nursing

Institution:

University of Charleston

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Description:

This course is designed to help the student develop the knowledge and skill necessary to practice nursing in the context of the community. The focus will include learning about population based based health enhancement initiatives, global health priorities and concerns, disaster nursing, characteristics of effective and ineffective communities, as well as the process of population based health behavior change. Relying on foundational knowledge from nursing, science, social, and public health resources, students study evidence based approaches to applying the nursing process at the community level. The course focus is nursing advocacy as a pathway to local, national, and global health.

Credits:

2.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.ucwv.edu

Phone Number:

(304) 357-4800

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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