Overview
Description
Uses critical analyses and clinical reasoning in caring for groups and populations across sociocultural settings. Focuses on primary, secondary, and tertiary disease prevention as well as health promotion.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- Admission to the Nursing Major
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): Admission to the Nursing Major
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall, Spring, and Summer
Terms
fall, spring, summer
Core
CO10
Restrictions
Admission to the Nursing Major
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- assess the health of populations to respond appropriately to community needs and identify desired outcomes.
- examine influencing factors that can shape caring for diverse populations to provide equitable care.
- describe the impact of policies on population’s health, including social justice and health equity.
- develop plans of care using evidence-based interventions that promote social justice and optimizes the health of populations.
- describe the nurse’s role when encountering health and safety hazards while providing care.
- identify what constitutes a public health emergency and the nurse’s role in the public health response to promote community safety.