Florida International University

College of Nursing and Health Sciences

LEVEL IV

COURSE DESCRIPTION

[Semester, Year]

CATALOG DESCRIPTION 

Building upon concepts of community-based nursing introduced across the curriculum, this course integrates those concepts into a broader perspective in which the community is the client.   Prerequisites:  NUR 4455 NUR 4455L, NUR 4355, NUR 4355L; Corequisites:  NUR 4990, NUR 4945L, NUR 4940

COURSE OBJECTIVES      

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

·         Synthesize knowledge and skills from nursing and other disciplines in assisting communities as clients in a multicultural, multiethnic changing society.

• Use knowledge of social, economic, political, and legal forces and ethical considerations in assessing, analysis/nursing diagnosis, planning, implementation, and evaluation of the community.

·         Engage in purposeful and creative collaboration with communities as a direct-care provider, teacher-learner, collaborator, client advocate, leader, and change agent.

·         Critically analyze and synthesize evidence-based practice guidelines, theories and research findings from nursing and related disciplines as a basis in formulating nursing approaches and decisions for assisting communities.

·         Apply the nursing process to assist communities to adapt to potential and actual stressors in health promotion, maintenance, restoration, and rehabilitation.

• Maintain continued accountability for professional development based on ongoing self-evaluation of learning needs in assisting families, groups and communities.

TOPICAL OUTLINE

• Overview of adaptive responses of communities.
  • Physical, biological
  • Psychological
  • Economic
  • Political
  • Spiritual
  • Cultural
  • Environmental
  • Health care system
  • Educational system

•  Identification and application of research findings in assisting communities.
  • Selected nursing theories
  • Other theories and concepts

• Assessment of the community in maintenance and promotion of health and prevention of illness

• Implementation of the nursing process in assisting communities
  • Epidemiology and biostatistics
  • Health education, promotion, maintenance and restoration

• Specific alterations in adaptive responses of communities
  • Crisis of families within the community
  • Aggregates
  • Communicable and infectious disease
  • Disasters
  • Environmental issues
  • Violence
  • Chronic disease
  • Safety (community and workplace)
  • Substance abuse
  • Mental health issues

• Historical, legal and ethical and other forces which impact the community.

TEACHING STRATEGIES 

Lecture/discussion/demonstrations, audiovisual aids, role play, case studies, written assignments

EVALUATION METHODS 

Written examinations, presentations, community projects, community assessment, community care plans

REQUIRED TEXTS              

Check with instructor.