Rural Health and Nursing

8 credits · Undergraduate

This course provides students with the opportunity to increase their knowledge and skills associated with diverse client populations in a rural health context, and to extend their ability to conduct comprehensive health assessments, utilizing resources such as the NNPBC Decision Support Tools for RN First Call practice. Topics include physical assessment, advanced clinical reasoning, and pharmacotherapeutics for the management of specified common health conditions. This course features a mandatory skills-building laboratory/workshop and a clinical practicum in a rural acute care or primary health care facility. Upon meeting specified criteria in this course, students may apply for BCCNM RN First Call Practice Certification. Prerequisite(s): NURS 330-4, or all of: NRSG 410-7, NRSG 411- 7, NRSG 412-7, and NRSG 415-7, or permission of the Chair Preclusion(s): NRSG 421-8, NURS 442-(3, 5, 8), NURS 451-(3, 4), NURS 458-(6, 7)