Facilitation of context based student centered learning

Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning: Course Outline Brianna Crosby College of Health Professions, Western Governors University C919: Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning Instruc ...

Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning: Course Outline Brianna Crosby College of Health Professions, Western Governors University C919: Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning Instructor May 20th, 2021 2 Facilitation of Context-Based Student-Centered Learning: Course Outline The course titled The Role of the BSN Nurse in Promoting Community Health Course has eight weekly topics with supporting concepts. Each week an evidence-based active learning strategy will be utilized. The course will educate student nurses on community health and nursing practice, determinants of health, health and healthcare disparities, principles of epidemiology, community assessment, health literacy, optimizing population health, and health planning and promotion. Aspects of the Course The learner would benefit from the course “The Role of the BSN Nurse in Promoting Community Health” for many different reasons. The education on community health teaches the learner what we do as a society affects the conditions of a community’s health and how to improve outcomes of the population. The Public Health Nurse helps address public health interests and issues by using evidence-based practice models. The specific concepts within this course will allow the learner to understand the public health system and better understand the Community Health Nurse’s role. Many factors affect community health, such as physical, biological, socioeconomic, and sociocultural factors. It is essential to engage the learner in concepts such as the public health nurse’s role, influence of determinants on health, disparities, environmental health, nurses role in health literacy, identification of key health needs, screening, and prevention. teaching of communicable disease, mental health, and health planning for older adults. A course, The Role of the BSN Nurse in Promoting Community Health is relevant to professional nursing practice because all nurses contribute to the health of the community. This 3 course will teach BSN students how to impact the community they serve positively. This course will teach how to look at the community as a whole and raise questions about overall health. Using evidence-based student-centered active learning strategies such as lectures with group discussions, group assignments, problem-based learning, case studies, concept maps, posters, and interprofessional education will facilitate learning. These concepts align with professional standards/competencies of the American Association of Colleges of Nursing’s (AACN) Public Health: Recommended Baccalaureate Competencies and Curricular Guidelines for Public Health Nursing (AACN, 2013). Cultivation of Course Within The role of the BSN nurse in promoting community health course, eight weekly key concepts encourage students in learning. These weekly course module topics include community health and nursing practice, determinants of health, health and health care disparities, environmental health, community assessment, health literacy, optimizing population health, and health planning and promotion. These eight weekly course module topics will cultivate the development of the course. The courses were placed in this order to build off one another. The knowledge learned from previous modules must help the understanding of the next module. This will increase knowledge as time progresses. The course will begin with community health and nursing practice. The community health nurse's role is vital to review so the learner can understand how they impact the community. Determinants of health will be presented in week two. Once the student understands a generalization of their role, teaching of how determinants, such as socioeconomic