NUR 2140 - Community Based Nursing Lecture

1 Credit

Prerequisite(s): NUR2110
Co-requisite(s): NUR2143
This eight-week hybrid course provides the student with experiences in a community setting. Emphasis will be on providing the student with a variety of situations that require clinical judgement and the development of the nursing interventions appropriate for the patient within the community. Clinical assignments may include several community practice settings under the supervision of a registered nurse preceptor in areas such as public health, home health, hospice care, school nursing, and occupational health nursing. Clinical preceptors will afford students the opportunity to experience patient interactions in a community setting while encouraging students to refine practice skills, time management and critical thinking skills. Objectives for this experience use Orem’s concepts of health deviations, self-care agency, dependent-care agency and self-care deficit in the community-based patient population. Offered (Fall, Spring)