HEALTH AND ILLNESS CONCEPTS WITH INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES

NURSING 314

Focuses on the role of the baccalaureate generalist nurse in health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan. Learn about factors that impact health of individuals and families. Active learning is emphasized through applying the nursing process to concepts such as health determinants, health education, self- management, and innate psychological needs related to well-being.

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.

NURSING 324

Prepares to meet the psychosocial health needs of individuals, families, and communities across the lifespan. Explore psychosocial concepts of stress, coping, mood, cognition, and behavior across the health-illness continuum and across practice settings. The human experience of psychosocial health needs is explored in the context of personal attributes, such as genetics, and interpersonal dynamics, such as family and community. Acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to collaborate in the treatment and care of client psychosocial health needs.

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.