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

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NG 407 - Community Based Nursing Practice

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This course introduces the concept of community-based nursing practice by providing students withacademic background, technical skills and field experience to facilitate community-based nursing using health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention. The course focuses on community-based nursing practice. Emphasis is on the role of the nurse in addressing the health needs both for the at-risk and well community populations. Students will utilize community-based nursing interventions for community-centric care. Prevention, risk identification, and supporting practice components to eliminate health disparities are examined. Various nursing practice opportunities supporting community-centric care are presented. Also, the course will examine bio-physiological, social, spiritual, ethical, and environmental factors, which could influence community health and nursing practice. Trends in health care delivery and community resources are examined. Prerequisite(s): NG 304/L, NG 306/C, NG 312, NG 315, NG 325, NG 345/L, NG 360, NG 404/C Corequisite(s): NG 407C



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