C919 Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning.

C919 Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning.




C919 Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning



Western Governors University

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Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning

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Course Information

Aspects of the course

The Role of the BSN Nurse in Promoting Community Health is an eight-week course that

will benefit the learner by providing both theoretical and practicum, with the focus on the

synthesis and analysis of population-based health and wellness concepts. This course is designed

to aid learners in the development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for the

promotion, maintenance, and restoration of health to vulnerable communities. This course will

benefit learners by facilitating a structured learner-centered environment, focus on the promotion

of professional development, fostering growth, and strengthening the learners nursing prowess.

By keeping class sizes to a maximum of forty learners, the student-faculty relationship can be

strengthened, and allows faculty to provide a more supportive environment built on support,

effective communication, and wonderful learning experiences!

Each week, learners will be immersed in different fun and innovative learning activities

based on weekly key concepts relevant to The Role of the BSN Nurse in Promoting Community

Health Nursing. Weekly evidence-based modules and key concepts assist learners in developing

the knowledge, skills, and attitudes necessary to be a successful Community Health Nurse.

Specific concepts include a review of the evolving roles and responsibilities of the community

health nurse over time, components of a thorough community health needs assessment and

windshield surveys, identifying the necessary health screen needs across the lifespan, discussing

the epidemiological processes utilized to improve the health of the community, examination of

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the causative factors that result in the vulnerability of health in populations, the detrimental

impacts of socioeconomic status and health care systems and policy, identifying challenges and

healthcare needs of vulnerable populations, analyzing the effects of drugs, alcohol, and violence

on vulnerable populations, and finally the community health nurse’s role on the interdisciplinary

team and their collaborative role in disaster management programs.

The relevance of this course to professional nursing practice stems from the framework

set forth by the American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) in the BSN Essentials

(2008). The nursing curriculum developed for this course is based on the framework of the

AACN in the BSN Essentials, and provides both theoretical and practicum with the focus on the

synthesis and analysis of population-based health and wellness concepts to aid learners in the

development of the knowledge, skills, and attitudes requires for the promotion, maintenance, and

restoration of health to the community. Essential VII, which according to the AACN (2008), is

focused on the clinical prevention and population health, where “health promotion and disease

prevention at the individual and population level are necessary to improve population health and

are important components of baccalaureate generalist nursing practice.” The weekly concepts

presented in this course aim to provide learners the with the knowledge, skills, and attitudes

required to improve population health through health promotion, disease and injury prevention,

and disaster management across the lifespan.

The overall objective of this course is to not only prepare the BSN graduate nurse for

passing the NCLEX, but for also the transition of a graduate nurse to a competent community

health nurse, patient advocate, and an adept partner on the interdisciplinary team.

Cultivation of the course