NUR 3132: Professional Nursing 3 (2022-2023)

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This course introduces new concepts and elaborates on previously examined concepts in the Nursing and Healthcare categories, with particular emphasis on the concepts of health promotion and health policy. Students will explore elements that influence health behavior change including lifestyle choices and risk factors, literacy, cultural and environmental factors, and patterns and histories of inequity. Students will examine the relationship between health policy, health promotion, and disease prevention. Course content will focus on individuals as they are situated within and influenced by communities. Students will relate the SHS Core Values to the concept of health promotion. Specific concepts introduced include Education, Collaboration, Culture and Diversity, and Health policy.