COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
Nursing care of populations and communities to facilitate optimal health outcomes.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Nursing (Collaborative Program) BSN Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Compare the components of community health nursing, public health nursing, and community-based nursing, and compare how they are enacted in the community. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Examine community health issues and health systems/resources using state, national, and international health planning documents. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use epidemiological principles as a foundation for community health nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe community health nursing interventions used to assess, protect, and improve the health of individuals, families, populations, and communities. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate the impact of social, cultural, political, and environmental determinants on individual and population health. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply principles of technology (i.e., telehealth) to the specialty of community health nursing. Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Compare the components of community health nursing, public health nursing, and community-based nursing, and compare how they are enacted in the community. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Examine community health issues and health systems/resources using state, national, and international health planning documents. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Use epidemiological principles as a foundation for community health nursing practice. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Describe community health nursing interventions used to assess, protect, and improve the health of individuals, families, populations, and communities. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Articulate the impact of social, cultural, political, and environmental determinants on individual and population health. Audience: Undergraduate 6. Apply principles of technology (i.e., telehealth) to the specialty of community health nursing. Audience: Undergraduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027