Module Components

• Overview

Topics

• Definitions
• Public Health Nursing Origins
• Basic Concepts
• Scope and Standards of Practice
• Public Health Nursing Roles

Nurs 467 - Public Health Nursing

Module 1: Foundational Concepts - Introduction

Overview

Welcome to Public Health Nursing! The first two weeks of the course cover foundational concepts of public health nursing. This first module gives a brief history of public health nursing, and then presents a few of the major concepts that comprise the foundation of public health nursing. Topics covered in this module include the core functions of public health, interventions used in public health nursing, and the three levels of disease prevention.

Objectives

At the conclusion of this module, the learner will be able to:

• Define key terminology
• Describe the foundations and history of public health nursing
• Identify the guiding principles of public health including core functions and interventions
• Discuss the roles of public health nurses at different levels of practice (individual, community, systems)
• Differentiate between primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention