NUR 4636L - Community Health Nursing Practicum

College of Nursing

Credit(s): 4
Contact Hours: 60
Effective Term Fall 2021 (595)

Requisites

Admission to Nursing (Bachelor of Science) (NURS-BS) and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 3805 with a minimum grade of C and
Pre- or Co-requisite NUR 4636 with a minimum grade of C

Course Description

This course offers opportunities to practice the principles and theory of community health nursing in a community setting. Included are the identification of health care needs of the community as a client and the nurse’s role as a facilitator, teacher, and evaluator in promoting and maintaining health and wellness.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will promote wellness in a population in the community by:
    1. assessing individual members of the population.
    2. identifying factors that place the population at risk for health deviations.
    3. initiating strategies, including teaching, to promote wellness.
  2. The student will complete a community wellness project using the tools of public health and community health nursing by:
    1. designing a health program to address factors that place community wellness at risk.
    2. working in partnership with community stakeholders on the appropriateness of the program.
    3. delivering an evidence-based health promotion program.
  3. The student will integrate critical thinking in the process of making decisions regarding community health care by:
    1. analyzing accessible community resources in meeting identified community needs.
    2. incorporating principles of community health in development of health promotion activities.
    3. evaluating the effectiveness of the health promotion project.
  4. The student will collaborate with members of the community and other members of the health care team to optimize the health benefits of the community by:
    1. utilizing resources of the community in meeting health care needs.
    2. including community members in developing health care strategies.
    3. advocating for community members.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 4/22/03, BOT 5/20/03, Effective 20031. C&I 9/14/04, BOT 10/19/04, Effective 20041 (0340). Reformatted by Nursing 20071. C&I 4/14/09, BOT 5/19/09, Effective 20091(0415). C&I 2/9/2010, BOT 3/16/2010, Effective 20093(0425). C&I Approval: 04/11/2014, BOT Approval: 06/15/2014, Effective Term: Spring 2015 (495). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: 11/17/2015, Effective Term: Spring 2016 (510). C&I Approval: 11/20/2015, BOT Approval: 03/15/2016, Effective Term: Fall 2016 (520). C&I Approval: 02/21/2020, BOT Approval: 03/17/2020, Effective Term: Fall 2020 (580).
C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2021 (595)