Introduces the RN to the concept of community as client by examining community health issues and the role of nursing in providing care to populations.
Emphasis is on community assessment, health education, program planning and evaluation.
Apply the nursing process to community projects using appropriate assessment stategies and theories. Analyze groups as interacting components of large social, political, cultural, ecological, economic and health care systems. Determine community health diagnoses for specific groups on the basis of epidemiological anlaysis, community assessment and identified risk factors. Implement a health education plan for a cultural group reflective of the groups' attitudinal health beliefs. Integrate professional nursing roles for practice within the community.