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Jul 01, 2025
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NURS 50214 - Public Healthcare & Education
4 Credit(s)
Prerequisite(s): Completion of all Phase 2 courses or approval by nursing department
This course addresses the roles of the school nurse, public health nurse, and nurse case managers across all healthcare organizations. The profession of nursing, development of preschool-adolescent students, evidence-based care, care of children with common conditions, intellectual disabilities, and high-risk behavior will be examined, with respect to cultural and legal considerations. The role of the school nurse, public health nurse, and nursing case manager with regards to disaster planning will also be discussed. A foundation in case management strategies and interventions for individuals and targeted populations is addressed. The leadership roles of these nurses are explored considering the impact of political, economic, social, environmental, and cultural concerns on the health of the population. These nurse’s role will be analyzed and applied in collaboration with a master’s or doctoral prepared nurse preceptor with experience in the specialty area of school nursing, public health, and/or case management. The student will work with the preceptor to develop a comprehensive activity or teaching plan to engage learners in active learning and implemented to meet mutually determined outcomes. Activities might include, but are not limited to: creating toolkit of resource references, creating a survey to measure satisfaction with activity, attending professional meetings over course topics, writing a publishable article over course topics, presenting a course topic to patients, delivering a training module to staff nurses, or proposing a change in process or procedure. This four credit course consists of 135 hours of practicum.
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