MEETING THE PSYCHOSOCIAL HEALTH NEEDS OF INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND COMMUNITIES

NURSING 431

Foundational knowledge needed to provide equitable, evidence-based nursing care for diverse children and their families. For each developmental level, holistically integrate health promotion, illness and injury prevention, health education, and anticipatory guidance and examines potential disparities, as key components of the nursing role. Emphasis on the application of the nursing process, the clinical judgment model, and related core competencies associated with understanding the pathophysiology of altered health patterns affecting children and the related management of nursing care.

OCCTHER 724

Learn foundational skills necessary to promote, prevent and treat the mental health and psychosocial needs of clients, groups and populations. Topics include: Recovery, mental health and psychosocial assessments and treatments of common mental health disorders and health and wellness promotion.

NURSING 323

Focuses on health and illness concepts emphasizing care to individuals and families across the lifespan. Gain a fundamental understanding of allostasis, oxygenation and hemostasis, and protection and movement. Gain knowledge of these concepts through exemplars that illustrate common health processes and/or alterations. Frames learning activities that foster understanding of the nursing role in providing care to individuals and families experiencing related health and illness concerns.

NURSING 436

Spend concentrated time in two settings focusing on care to individuals across the lifespan, families, and communities. The concept-based learning activities are aligned with those taught in the companion didactic courses and build on previous learning and experiences. Provide direct care from an evidenced-based perspective, at an increasingly independent level. The learning activities are guided by nursing preceptors in practice settings and by School of Nursing faculty in simulation and seminar settings.

NURSING 434

Builds on health and illness concepts by focusing on individuals, families, and communities recognizing their unique attributes. Concepts included: acid-base balance, cellular regulation, intracranial regulation, genomics, sexuality and reproduction, and an introduction to the organization of the community/public health system. Other core nursing concepts are revisited as they apply to the community as client or in complex care situations. The nursing process frames learning activities that foster understanding the nursing role in providing evidence-based care to individuals, families across the lifespan, and to communities experiencing related health and illness concerns in collaboration with an interprofessional team.