Nursing Foundations VI: Community Nursing

Program Overview

This nursing course focuses on family and community health, emphasizing collaboration among healthcare professionals, families, and communities. It equips learners with knowledge and skills to promote family and community well-being, using a nursing metaparadigm and nursing process. The course explores trends and issues in family and community care, preparing learners for evidence-informed community nursing practice.

Program Outline

Outline:

This nursing course examines family and community theory, assisting the learner to acquire the knowledge and skill required to promote the health and well-being of families within the community. The course emphasizes the importance of collaboration among the interdisciplinary health-care team, families, and communities to achieve safe, evidence-informed community nursing practice. The learner will build upon previous nursing knowledge and related theory in adapting the nursing approach to the care and health promotion of the family and community using a nursing metaparadigm and nursing process. Trends and issues in the care of families and communities will also be explored.