NURS4015-C1 Comm Hlth/Hlth Promt Theory (Fall 2017)
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Course Details
This course satisfies part of the Communication Skills graduation requirement. This is a seven-week course with a clinical component. The clinical schedule varies per community agency.This section is Communication Skills intensive. Communication Skills I-V must be completed before taking this course.
Session, Dates: 3 (08/28/2017 - 10/20/2017)
Days: W F
Time: 08:00 - 10:50 am
Location: Moon Campus
Room: Patrick Henry HOP
Seats Available: Course Full, Choose another
Credits: 5
Course Description
The focus of this course is to provide the student with a broad introduction to community health and the role of the nurse within the community setting. Students will examine nursing knowledge, incorporating concepts of epidemiology, populations, levels of prevention, health promotion, disaster management, hospice/palliative care, and health care systems. The health care needs of selected at-risk or vulnerable populations and aggregated needs of the community will be reviewed. Students will participate in an outpatient or community-based clinical setting and complete simulation based activities in order to apply concepts from NURS4014 course.
Prerequisites: NURS3020
Prerequisites: NURS3020
Course Materials
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Janice A. Sarasnick, Ph.D.
sarasnick@rmu.edu
412-397-5299 phone
412-397-3277 fax
Scaife Hall 138
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Associate Professor of Nursing
Nursing
sarasnick@rmu.edu
412-397-5299 phone
412-397-3277 fax
Scaife Hall 138
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