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Community Health Nursing Specialties Course

1. Course Title: Community health Nursing Specialties / Semester 1
2. Course Number:
3. Credit Hours: Total of (5) credits:
Theory (3) credits.
Clinical (2) credits.
4. Course Calendar: Total of (9) hours per week of (15) weeks:
Theory (3) hrs.
Clinical (6) hrs.
5. Placement: PhD / year 1 / Semester 1
6. Instructors: Faculty of Community Health Nursing Unit.

7. Course Description:
This course provides the PhD students with knowledge and clinical skills required to render community health nursing services to individuals, families, groups with special needs and problems such as vulnerable people, clients with chronic illnesses, homeless people, clients receiving home care and hospice care or at risk in the various community settings. Community as clients, determinants affecting health of the community, community diagnosis and organization are emphasized.


8. Course Objectives:
At the end of this course the students will able to:

1. Assume responsibilities in providing primary health care services to individuals, families and groups in the community.
2. Utilize nursing process to deliver safe and effective nursing care to individuals, groups in the community with specific health needs and problems.( care of working population, care of homeless people, clients receiving home care and hospice care etc.
3. Demonstrate awareness of the role of survey research in nursing practice and support the survey research activities of other professionals in the community.
4. Utilize nursing process to deliver safe and effective primary health care to MCH, care of the elderly and clients in need of home health care and homeless people, vulnerable people, clients with chronic illnesses, Health Risks of Migrant Workers and Their Families, care of working population.