NURS 737 - Populations and Aggregate Health Issues

(3 units)

Advanced practice nursing applications for population or aggregate health promotion, advocacy, and disease and/or disability prevention.

Prerequisite(s): Admission to an OSN graduate program.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. analyze the roles/responsibilities of advance practice nursing in inter-professional health care.
2. apply epidemiological principles to the care of populations/aggregates.
3. evaluate prevention of diseases and health promotion programs locally, nationally, and internationally.
4. integrate health promotion, behavioral health, and culture care models and theories into the provision of health care of populations, aggregates, and communities.
5. utilize community partnerships to establish health promotion goals to implement strategies to meet those goals.
6. analyze avenues of effective communication strategies for with team members and identified target populations.
7. demonstrate understanding of the application of social justice and social change issues as they pertain to the nursing profession.
8. analyze community, public, national, and global health systems and infrastructures.

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