The Community Health Class is an eight-week course that will benefit the learner by
providing opportunities for the undergraduate bachelorette student to achieve the skills needed
for the development of a community hea
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The Community Health Class is an eight-week course that will benefit the learner by
providing opportunities for the undergraduate bachelorette student to achieve the skills needed
for the development of a community health assessment while using the nursing process to create
and implement care to various populations across the lifespan. Students are introduced to
community didactics and ways to support and promote positive outcomes for vulnerable
populations. The course will facilitate student-centered learning, enroll a maximum of 40
students, and will meet weekly on campus for 7 hours. The student will be introduced to eight
specific concepts during the duration of the course that aligns with the BSN essentials and the
core competencies prevalent in professional nursing practice as they relate to community health
nursing. The role of the BSN nurse in the promotion of community health is to provide care and
health promotion practices to all vulnerable populations in the community. Specific topics
include foundations of Community Health Nursing, epidemiology, factors that influence
community health, community assessment, health promotions across the lifespan, vulnerable
populations, population health problems, and disaster management. Specific concepts of the
course include the evolution of the community health nurse, epidemiological concepts used in
improving community health, the impact of politics on the community, observing and describing
the community by conducting a community needs assessment and performing a windshield
survey, describing various health concerns of populations across the lifespan, identifying
healthcare challenges of vulnerable populations, learning the lasting effects of substance abuse
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