Course Detail
Units:
3.0
Course Components:
Lecture
Enrollment Information
Enrollment Requirement:
Prerequisites: Full Major status in Nursing.
Requirement Designation:
International Requirement
Course Attribute:
Community Engaged Learning
Sustainability - Limited
Description
Students learn application of public health principles to problems and challenges transcending national boundaries, and to gain an understanding of the complex array of global and local forces affecting the health of diverse international populations. Utilizing knowledge from nursing, global health, and social science, standards of international public health nursing are applied to globally diverse populations. Clinical experiences incorporate best practices for population-based assessment, disease prevention and management, risk reduction and health promotion in a variety of multicultural, community-based settings.