The Community Nursing Systems Division includes coursework and clinical practica in community-based systems of care. In the clinical practicum, students may provide nursing care to a caseload of families in the home, provide care in an ambulatory setting or participate in care at various community organizations and agencies. The major focus is the identification of high risk populations and designing relevant illness prevention and health promotion care for individuals, families, high risk populations at risk, and the total community. The Family Health Nursing Division offers coursework at the undergraduate level designed to prepare nurses to care for families during their childbearing and childrearing years. Students learn to provide health promotion and illness-prevention care to parents and children during pregnancy and throughout childhood from infancy to adolescence.
Students also learn to assess and intervene with the at-risk family and acutely ill children.
The clinical experiences students have throughout their coursework take place in a variety of settings including the home, the community and hospitals.