COURSE DETAIL
NURS6303 Epidemiology & Environmental Health
Credit hours: 3
Cluster: Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP)
Course Level: graduate
Institution:University of Colorado Denver
Pre-requisites:
Course Description: Concepts and methods of epidemiology are applied to advanced nursing practice with populations. Agent, host, and environmental factors used to examine environmental risks, issues of environmental justice, and models of care for high-risk populations will be examined and evaluated.
Method of Instruction: Online. UCD uses Blackboard platform.
Campus visits required: Not Applicable
Course Contact: Jennifer M. Smith
email: professional.development@ucdenver.edu
Tuition: NEXus Common Price
Other considerations: By the end of this course, the learner will be able to: Analyze health, demographic, and vital statistics data that identify health risks and populations or groups at risk within communities of interest. Critically analyze a population health problem. Design appropriate interventions to manage a selected population health problem. Evaluate strength of evidence to make informed decisions for nursing practice and/or education. Apply established criteria for disease screening and disease/health surveillance to a health problem. Evaluate public and/or institutional policies that influence a particular health issue to ascertain the adequacy of population protection. Plan strategies for advancing nursing science related to epidemiological and environmental contexts and health. Discuss the origins and meanings of various concepts of environment as used in nursing and related disciplines. Provide data on the relationship between health and illness and the physical environment and the role of government in assuring safe environments for all citizens. Evaluate public policies that protect or pose threats to social justice in vulnerable communities related to physical environmental hazards. Open to PhD and DNP students.
Available Seats by Semester for this course:
FALL 2010
Section: N01
Instructor:TBA
Seats:2
Credits: 3
On campus intensive required. dates to be determined. Intensive held in Aurora, Colorado.