NURS 420 - Community Health Nursing

2 Credits
Registration Internship/Practicum Note: BSN Completion/Concurrent students only.

This course will provide the undergraduate student with a basic foundation for the practice of community health nursing. The student will apply the nursing process to the care of individuals, families and communities, with an emphasis on prevention at all levels. The Roy conceptual model of nursing provides the framework for the care of the client as an adaptive community. The student will also be introduced to multiple roles of the community health nurse in a variety of settings and application to a collaborative health care model.

Grade Note(s): A grade of B- or better is required to pass this course successfully.
Component Co-requisite(s): NURS 420 and NURS 420C. The lecture, lab (L) and clinical (C) components of each NURS course must be successfully completed during the same semester. All component co-requisites must be repeated if a failing grade is received in any one of them.
Prerequisite(s): NURS 315