Offered Spring Semester annually. This course emphasizes the health of families and communities. The student acquires skills in family assessment, explores the child-bearing process, and considers the impact of issues such as family violence. Students will study the health of communities through topics of epidemiology, communicable disease, impact of the environment, and the influence of culture on health practices, and work in groups to assess a community and develop a plan to meet an identified health need. Clinical experiences are provided in maternity care, home care, and public health nursing agencies.
Students provide their own transportation for home care and public health experiences.
The educator role of the professional nurse is emphasized. Offered Fall Semester annually. 360 Alterations in Mental Health Students have the opportunity in this course to explore issues related to the care of individuals suffering from chronic and acute psychiatric disorders. Topics include a wide range of mental health problems such as major mental illness, substance abuse, depression, and anxiety disorders. Students develop the roles of counselor and collaborator by working with an interdisciplinary team in providing care to patients in psychiatric settings.