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NURS 434 - Nursing Care - Population Health & Mental Health: Practicum

(4 units) CO10
The course includes the application of the philosophical and conceptual tenets of nursing science, values, and practice in the delivery of population health and mental health nursing care.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to Nursing major; NURS 343 ; NURS 346 ; NURS 353 .  Corequisite(s): NURS 433 .

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Internship/Practicum: 4
Offered: Every Fall and Summer

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. apply the nursing process to improve health outcomes for individuals, families, and populations across the lifespan and continuum of care.
2. implement evidence-based health promotion, risk-reduction, and disease prevention interventions of individuals, families, and populations across the lifespan.
3. demonstrate personal and professional values which place the interests of individuals, families and populations at the center of interprofessional health care delivery and population health programs and policies, with the goal of promoting health equity.
4. demonstrate psychosocial assessment and effective therapeutic communication skills in the mental health setting across the lifespan and continuum of care.
5. apply social and ethnic factors and concepts of cultural diversity in providing care for individuals, families, and populations across the lifespan and continuum of care. 
6. evaluate intra- and inter-professional communication and collaboration to improve the health outcomes of individuals, families, and populations across the lifespan and continuum of care.
7. analyze legal, ethical, and political implications of nursing care for individuals, families, and populations across the lifespan and continuum of care.


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