Community/ Public Health Nursing Sample Plan of Study

Courses

The Community/Public Health Nursing concentration prepares nurses to assume leadership in assessing communities and populations, identifying high-risk groups, and in partnership with communities, consumers, and stakeholders, developing culturally sensitive, acceptable, and realistic community-based nursing services.

FALL

NURS 6090 Selected Topics in Nursing (3 credit hours)

NURS 6202 Applied Epidemiology in Advanced Nursing (3 credit hours)

(6 semester credit hours)

SPRING

NURS 6180 Community/ Public Health Nursing Theory and Practice (3 credit hours)

NURS 6210 Family Health in Advanced Practice Nursing (3 credit hours)

(6 semester credit hours)

SUMMER

NURS 6101 Learning Principles in Learning, Design, and Technology (3 credit hours)

(3 semester credit hours)

FALL

NURS 6211 Health Disparities and Nursing (3 credit hours)

NURS 6115 Health Policy and Planning in the U.S. (3 credit hours)

(6 semester credit hours)

SPRING

NURS 6160 Research in Nursing and Health Professions (3 credit hours)

NURS 6212 Program Improvement and Evaluation (3 credit hours)

(6 semester credit hours)

SUMMER

STAT 6127 Introduction to Biostatistics (3 credit hours)

(3 semester credit hours)

FALL

NURS 6480 Community/ Public Health Nursing Internship I (3 credit hours) (180 clinical hours)

(3 semester credit hours)

SPRING

NURS 6481 Community/ Public Health Nursing Internship II (3 credit hours) (180 clinical hours)

NURS 6603 Synthesis in Advanced Nursing Practice (3 credit hours)

38 Total Nurse Course Credit Hours | 360 Total Clinical Hours