2010-2011 Academic Catalog 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2010-2011 Academic Catalog [Archived Catalog]

NURS 401 - FOUNDATIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING


Credits: Five
Prerequisite: NURS 201, NURS 202, NURS 203, NURS 204, NURS 205, NURS 206, NURS 200, NURS 303, NURS 305, NURS 306.
Corequisite: NURS 401C

Public health nursing combines concepts, theories and principles from nursing, public health and other sciences to form the basis for its practice. The scope of this practice is distinguished by the focus on prevention, health protection and health promotion of individuals, families, aggregates and communities. Principles of public health nursing are applied in community settings with an emphasis on family case management.