NUR 339 - Community Nursing Partnerships I Clinical

This course is the first in a two-course series (NUR 339 and NUR 341). Over two semesters students will engage in a partnership with a specific community. This sequence of courses incorporates the concepts of partnership building, risk identification, and health promotion within a community-based context. Students will collaborate with community partners to develop an understanding of both short- and long-term needs of the community. Problem-posing and problem-solving will come from the community. Students will engage in ongoing community assessment, support communities in developing long term interventions and approaches, and engage in evaluation of community level practice. Students will identify individuals and families within their communities who would benefit from individual and family-based nursing assessment, planning, intervention, and evaluation. Students will work with health care providers in these communities to assess the need for services and augment the services available. Students will engage in both formative and summative evaluation over the course of their interaction with the community. Students will consider issues of continuation and termination as they work with individuals, families, fellow students, and community partners.

Prerequisite(s): NUR 356, NUR 323 (or concurrent), and NUR 325 (or concurrent).
Co-requisite(s):
Credits: 2

Meets the Following Core Requirement: Diversity, Engaged Learning
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Course Type: Nursing