COURSE OUTCOMES MEASUREMENTS community and public health nursing concepts to safe, quality, evidence-based care to populations and communities in structured and unstructured healthcare environments. Macroscopic/Microscopic OR Upstream Thinking DQ with peer response Quad Council OR Health Equity DQ with peer response The Spirit Catches You and National CLAS Standards Summary Organizational Systems & Communication Technologies Project Articulate quality improvement measures used in public/community healthcare environments. Macroscopic/Microscopic OR Upstream Thinking DQ with peer response Organizational Systems & Communication Technologies Group Project 3 Community Health Issues Portfolio Piece PP Engage in work as an evolving scholar, translating current evidence public/community health nursing into nursing practice. Organizational Systems & Communication Technologies Project Key Indicators of Health OR Ideal Community Healthcare Small Group DQ with peer responses 3 Community Health Issues Portfolio PP Explore collaboration techniques used in public/community health nursing. Quad Council OR Health Equity DQ with peer response The Spirit Catches You and National CLAS Standards Summary Organizational Systems & Communication Technologies Group Project Discuss the nurse's role as a leader in the public/community healthcare setting. Key Indicators of Health OR Ideal Community Healthcare Small Group DQ with peer responses Explain how information management principles, techniques, and systems are used to manage Organizational Systems & Communication Technologies Group Project
NURS 429 – Spring 2016 Schedule Module Reading Assignments Due Dates Module One Week 1 Reading: Maurer & Smith, 2013 Chapter 1 – Responsibilities for Care in Community/Public Health Nursing Chapter 2 – Origins and Future of Community/Public Health Nursing, pgs 45-51 Chapter 7 – Epidemiology – pgs 166-168 Microscopic vs macroscopic reading (available under module one resources) Read Joint Commission Standards for home care – (link available under module one resources) Post response to introduction discussion question Primary response to one discussion question – due on Thursday, January 28, by 11:59 pm One discussion question peer response – due on Sunday, January 31, by 11:59 pm Module Two Week 2 Reading: Maurer & Smith, 2013 Chapter 9 – Environmental Health Risks, pgs 253-263 Chapter 10 – Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nursing, pgs 266-274 Review Quad Council Competencies for Public Health Nurses (available under Module 2 resources) Read Upstream Thinking document (available under Module 2 resources) Take the Health Equity Quiz at the Unnatural Causes website - (link available under Module 2 resources, or copy and paste link into browser) Primary response to one discussion question – due on Thursday, February 4, by 11:59 pm One discussion question peer response – due on Sunday, February 7, by 11:59 pm Module Three Week 3 Reading: Maurer & Smith, 2013 Chapter 10 – Relevance of Culture and Values for Community/Public Health Nursing, pgs 274-293 Read information about National CLAS standards (link available under Module 3 resources) The Spirit Catches You and National CLAS Standards Summary – due on Sunday, February 14, by 11:59 pm