NURS 315 - Health Promotion and Education

3 Credits
This course introduces students to concepts of health promotion and wellness for individuals and families across the lifespan. Students will learn about health-promoting behaviors that reduce risk factors, including healthy diet, exercise, stress management, sleep, health screening, injury-prevention, and self-care. The Healthy People Framework will be explored in the context of how individual and family health promotion fits into community and population health. Health behavior change theories and principles of interprofessional collaboration will be used to examine educational interventions for promoting health and wellness.

Grade Note(s): A grade of B- or better is required to pass this course successfully.
Prerequisite(s): BSN-PL Students: NURS325; BSN-C Students: ENGL311
Co-requisite(s): NURS 250