NSG C920- C920 Course Overview A-G. WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY.

NSG C920- C920 Course Overview A-G. WESTERN GOVERNORS UNIVERSITY. A. Course Overview This course is designed to provide opportunities for the learner to achieve skills needed to develop a community health assessment while using the nursing process to create and implement care to various populations across the lifespan. Students are introduced to community didactics and ways to support and promote positive outcomes to vulnerable populations. The course is built upon the six competencies of the Quality and Safety Education for Nurses (QSEN). Students will be introduced to patient-centered care, evidence-based practice, teamwork and collaboration, safety, quality improvement, and informatics (Hunt, 2012). B. Title of Module Foundations of Community Health Nursing C. Course Objectives Upon completion of this course the student will be able to: 1. Investigate the history of community health nursing 2. Examine the regulatory requirements that guide community health policies 3. Research the various health promotion roles of the community health nurse with a Focus on Healthy People 2020 D. Student learning outcomes Upon completion of this module, the student will be able to: 1. Identify the similarities and differences between community health nursing and public health nursing 2. Describe examples of community health nursing and how community health policies influence the care provided to the community E. Content overview Students will explore the history of community health nursing at the national and state level with a focus of the last 200 years to gain a foundational knowledge of the community health practice. Students will examine issues that prevent patients from being active in their care planning and how the Community Health Nurse can provide options and resources to encourage the patient to become involved. Continued learning will include a focus on the regulatory requirements that guide community health nursing in their state. Students will create a list of requirements and how they relate to their state. F. Learning Resources Joyce, B. L., Harmon, M. J., Pilling, L. B., Johnson, R. H., Hicks, V. L., & Brown-Schott, N. (2015). The preparation of community/public health nurses: Amplifying the impact. Public Health Nursing (Boston, Mass.), 32(6), 595–597. https://doiThis study source was downloaded by from CourseH on :18:21 GMT -05:00 Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2015). Community/Public health nursing, 6 th edition: Promoting the health of populations (1-48). St. Louis: Elsevier