NUR 423 Global Health Care

This course focuses on health care needs of aggregates in local, national, and international communities from the perspective of primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention. Students explore a variety of frameworks such as epidemiology, health care systems, and health care planning as conceptual bases for diverse community health nursing roles. Students demonstrate the use of epidemiological principles/ informatics to collect and assess aggregate data/evidence to identify community health/ organizational needs. Students will communicate and collaborate with individuals, families, populations, communities, and the interdisciplinary team as a service-oriented professional, demonstrating global-social-cultural responsibility (The course require an out of classroom experience).
MANDATORY: All students preparing to begin this course must have a current, unencumbered and active RN license on file in their credentialing profile.