It provides opportunities to examine professional nursing practice issues related to home health care and holistic nursing in other community settings. It also provides opportunities to synthesize the full range of cognitive, psychomotor and affective nursing content learned in preceding courses and to demonstrate increasing self-direction and accountability for nursing practice.
Research is incorporated as it applies to home health care and vulnerable populations.
Analyze values and beliefs in order to promote cultural sensitivity in providing care in the community setting. Appreciate the impact and stigmatizing effects of health disruptions on all members of the family in their various roles. Develop individual and family based nursing diagnoses through critical analysis of data, drawing knowledge, from the humanities, natural, social, behavioral and nursing science. Discuss current issues and trends and their impact on nursing care in the community setting. Integrate knowledge, values and skill from Community Health Nursing theories to promote health.