NUR 444 Global Focused Nursing Care
This course addresses global and population focused health promotion, and disease and injury prevention based on determinants of local, national and global health including lifestyle, environmental, cultural, and genetic factors. The purpose of this course is to introduce students to global and population focused nursing care. A major focus of this course is for students to critically think about and discuss health and nursing care within a global environment. Nursing students will be exposed to health disparities that exist in the United States and countries around the world. Students will be provided with information and tools that nurses can use to confront health care challenges. Emphasis will be placed on helping to improve the health of vulnerable persons and populations. The course synthesizes theory, research, and practice related to global and population focused nursing care, with emphasis on health promotion of aggregates across the lifespan.
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3 HOURS (3-0-0); Admission to the BS Nursing Completion program (RN-to-BSN) is required to enroll in this course. BSNC