N375P: Public Health Nursing
Placement
N375P is a senior level course taken concurrently with N275
Course Credit
3 credit hours; 135 clock hours
Course Faculty
- Unique ID 61365, 61390: Trish O’Day, MSN, RN, CNS (Course Facilitator)
Office: N5.140
Phone: 232-4734 (office); 659-8082 (cell) - Unique ID 61395: Lynne Hudson, MPH, RN
Office: N3.312
Phone: TBA (office); 217-3352 (cell) - Unique ID 61370, 61385: Linda Murphy, RN, BSN, MS, HEd
Office: Children’s Wellness Center, Del Valle
Phone: 386-3313 (office); 626-8734 (cell - Unique ID 61375, 61380:
Shalonda Horton, MSN, RN
Office: N3.312
Phone: 475-8694 (office); 659-5536 (cell)
Course Description
This practicum provides opportunities for students to apply public health nursing concepts, theories, and processes in the care of aggregates, and the total community. The aim of public health nursing is to partner with the community and its people to prevent illness, disability and disease, identify risk factors and promote optimal health. Assigned clinical experiences will assist students to develop skills in the practice of public health nursing. Emphasis is on interdisciplinary health care with at-risk aggregates in the community.
Course Objectives
Objective 1 - Assessment
Holistically assess the health status of an aggregate or community using data, community resources, input from the population, and professional judgment.
Objective 2 – Diagnosis
Analyze the assessment data collected to determine assets, opportunities and needs.
Objective 3 - Outcomes Identification
Participate with the community to identify expected health outcomes.
Objective 4 – Planning
Plan public health nursing interventions in collaboration with an aggregate or community to improve and maintain the health of populations.
Objective 5 - Assurance
Participate in assuring access and availability of programs, policies, resources, and/or services to the aggregate or community
Objective 6 – Evaluation
Evaluate changes in aggregate or community health status to determine effectiveness of interventions
Objective 7 - Ethics, Legal, & Professional Standards
Practice public health nursing with aggregates and communities that reflects ethical, legal, and professional standards of public health nursing.
Objective 8 – Professional Development
Demonstrate professional demeanor and development.