Obesity and Climate-Informed Healthcare: Navigating a Changing Environment to Address Weight Challen

3 credits · School of Nursing

The purpose of this course is to help students develop the core knowledge, skills, and values essential to provide sensitive, safe, quality care to patients living with obesity across the lifespan. Through experiential learning activities, students will explore the influence of multiple determinants from ecological and biopsychosocial perspectives. Clinical decision-making and obesity-targeted treatment modalities are emphasized to optimize patient-family outcomes. Prerequisite: Nursing 388 or Nursing 595.