Module 5 Overview
Introduction
COURSE NAME: Community Health Nursing
COURSE NUMBER: BSN432PE
Course Description: Provides an overview of concepts and theories related to community health nursing. Emphasis is on population focused practice, health promotion, health maintenance and risk reduction. Topics include core functions and essential services of public health, epidemiology concepts, community assessment, and interprofesssional collaboration to meet client needs in community settings. Includes 30 hours of practice experience activities.
COURSE NAME: DEVELOPING NURSING PRACTICE COURSE NUMBER: BSN436
Course Description: This course introduces a structured critical thinking approach to achieving the Institute of Medicine Competencies. Students will be guided by Critical Thinking Habits of the Mind and Critical Thinking Skills in critiquing nursing assessment, inter-disciplinary planning, and setting goals for patient health outcomes. The course offers suggestions for assessing the critical thinking abilities of patients and families to participate in care.
Learning Outcomes
After completing this module, you will be able to:
Reflect on personal and professional values and their impact on decision-making and professional behavior in the nursing profession.
Role model professional behaviors to:
Enhance the nursing profession;
Resolve ethical dilemmas and ensure safe, ethical care.
Explore options to continue professional and educational growth.
Reading & Resources
Utilize readings and resources from coursework, textbook, and references from BSN432PE and BSN436
Learning Activities
Discussion: Participate in Discussion 5.
Discussion 5 Question 2
Reflect upon how your critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making have impacted your role as a current or future nurse leader. Provide examples of how you role model effective communication. To illustrate the way you have incorporated these concepts into your role as a nurse leader, synthesize your reflections, proposing or explaining when you used best practices in effective change initiatives, conflict resolution, and promotion of cultural sensitivity in the workplace.
Support your discussion and opinions with facts, relevant examples from personal nursing practice, and at least two citations from the reading or peer-reviewed professional nursing literature. Remember to use APA Manual (6th ed.) formatting for all discussion posts in-text and reference citations.
See the Nursing Syllabus Standards & Policies Document for Discussion Participation Guidelines & Grading Criteria.
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