2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2017-2018 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

NU 411 - Population- Focused Care in Professional Nursing


This course focuses on the integration of the best current evidence from nursing, public health and the social sciences as a basis for improvement in population health status. Using ecological and epidemiological perspectives, students will interpret trends and deviations from expected health patterns in populations, derive population diagnoses and establish health priorities based on assessment data. The importance of developing collaborative partnerships to promote effective population interventions will be emphasized. The impact of local, national and global environments on the health of populations will be explored.

NU 301  - prerequisite.
1 semester. 3 credits.