NURS 426 - Nursing Care of the Urban Population (Lecture)

1. Examine the role and context of community/public health nursing practice.
2. Examine the environmental health risks at home, at work, and in the urban community.
3. Assess health/illness beliefs, values, attitudes, and practices of families, groups, communities, and urban populations.
4. Develop health education tools for practice, incorporating elements of health literacy in preventative care.
5. Develop community-based strategies for intervention to prevent illness, injury, disability, and premature death.
6. Explain the use of evidence-based practices to guide health teaching, health counseling, screening, outreach, disease and outbreak investigation, referral, and follow-up.
7. Evaluate results that influence the delivery of care, use of resources, and provide input into the policies to promote health and prevent disease.
8. Assess the health, health care, and emergency-preparedness needs of the urban population and use clinical judgment and decision-making skills to provide a response.