PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

Course Description

The contents of this course include the basic health services approach, accessibility of primary health services, community and family health nursing process, development of family and community health and nursing process, health and disease concepts, perception of health and disease, health promotion and nursing process, health protective and improving practices. Family planning methods and public education, personal and environmental factors affecting health, management and nursing processes of local and global healthcare institutions, health care services and primary health care and nurse's role, the interaction between the environment and human, public health nursing services, family health care process, community health care process, infectious diseases threatening public health, role of nurses in communicable diseases.

PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING

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Course outcomes

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Course Syllabus

Reference Books & Course Materials

1. 01 Allender, JA, Rector, Ch and Warner, K. (2014) Community and Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health. Wolters Kluwer Health / Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
2. 02 Sines, D, Saunders, M and Forbes-Burford, J (2009) Community Health Care Nursing. Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
3. 03 Watkins, D, Edwards, J and Gastrell, P (2003) Community Health Nursing: Frameworks for Practice. Elsevier Science Limited
4. 04 Rippke, M et al. (2001) Public Health Interventions: Applications for Public Health Nursing Practice. MDH

Learning Outcomes

1. L01 1.Knows the basic concepts of community health nursing SOLO 4
2. L02 2. Explain the roles and responsibilities of community health nurse SOLO 3
3. L03 3. Knows the assessment of community identification , interpret health statistics and recommend suitable public health nursing interventions. SOLO 3
4. L04 4. Knows common chronic diseases, STD and other communicable diseases in society and preventions methods SOLO 4
5. L05 5. Knows the vulnerable population (children, women, refugees, disable people etc.) in society and apply nursing interventions SOLO 5
6. L06 7. Make needs assesment for health education and apply health education with various methods SOLO 4
7. L07 6. Knows the roles and functions of public health nurses in different areas in society (school health, workplace health, elderly care homes, immigrant camps, etc.). SOLO 4

Program Outcomes

1. P01 Identify the health needs of the individual, family, and community that can be met by nursing interventions,
2. P02 Plans nursing care within the framework of requirements determined within the scope of the nursing diagnostic process
3. P03 Determines the educational needs of patients and healthy individuals related to the health field
4. P04 Apply individual nursing care
5. P05 Explore current knowledge about nursing care
6. P06 Conducts a scientific research in accordance with the steps

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