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LUMHS COURSE SYLLABUS OF POST RN BSN NURSING

POST RN BSN NURSING SEMESTER II

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Syllabus Community Health Nursing

Community Health Nursing First Year Second Semester

LUMHS COURSE SYLLABUS OF POST RN BScN NURSING FIRST YEAR SEMESTER-II OF SUBJECT

COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING

LIAQUAT UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES (LUMHS)

Post RN BS Nursing Program

Course Syllabus
Title                       :         Community Health Nursing
Course No.            :         710
Credits Hours        :         5 Credits (3 Theory, 2 Clinical/ Visits)
Placement             :         Year I Semester II


COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Post RN BSN Nursing Course Syllabus of Community Health Nursing for BScN 2nd Semester course is design to familiarize students to community health nursing. Students attending this course will reflect and understand the social dynamics that are common in society and the various factors that contribute to illness. In addition, they will understand the role of the health system in the prevention of illness and promotion of health in Pakistan.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
By the end of the course the students will be able to:
1. Understand the concepts of community health
2. Analyze the needs of Community Health Nursing in Pakistan
3. Identify the social, Behavioral and cultural factors that need to be addressed to improve the health of individuals and communities
4. The Primary Health Care in Pakistan
5. Identify various high risk groups
6. Define the health system in Pakistan
7. Describe the role of health system in addressing the problems of high risk groups
8. Identify the environmental health hazard
9. Discuss the role of CHN in epidemiological surveillance

TEACHING / LEARNING STRATEGIES:
Lectures, Small group discussion, presentations, Individual and group assignments.

COURSE EXPECTATIONS:
Class and Lab. participation
Completion of assignments and Tests on due dates
Completion of Lab. Sheets
Pre Reading i.e. preparation for class

EVALUATION CRITERIA:   
Assignments                            10%
Internal Evaluation                  10%
Final exam                               80%

References:
Selected reading material
Stadnhop, M. Lancaster, J. (1992). Community Health Nursing: Process and practice for promoting health. London, C. V. Mosby
Ratan, V. (1992). Preventive and social medicine. India: Jaypee Ilyas, M. ( 1992).Community medicine Time traders Karachi.

POST RN BScN NURSING SUBJECT

Content

Community Health Nursing

Unit-I
Introduction to Community Health Nursing (Short Notes)

Principles of community Health Nursing

Characteristics of Community Health Nursing

• Compare Community Health Nursing to Public Health Nursing (Read More)
• Historical development of Community health nursing
• Implication of Ethics in Community health nursing practice (Read More)
• Analyze the need for Community health nursing in Pakistan
• Similarities and differences between Community health Nursing Care verses Hospital nursing care

• The roles and responsibilities of community Health Nurses (Read More)

Unit-2
In-Depth of Primary Health Care strategies

• Discuss the significance of Primary Health Care
• Analyze the different elements of Primary Health Care (Read More)
• Discuss how they are operationalized in Pakistan

Unit-III
Community as a Client

• Strategies to improve Community health
• Community diagnosis by data collection and interpretation Data collection methods
• Problems analysis Problems priorities
• Implementation for community health evaluating interventions for community health

 Unit-IV
Current status of the health in Pakistan

• World health issues of developed and developing countries Health agencies in Pakistan at the local material and Intentional level
• Health problems of Pakistan Trends affecting on health Pakistan health care system
• Pakistan nurses manpower development at PHC level

Unit-V
Environmental Health Safety

• Definition and basic concepts of Environmental health and its scope
• Current Environmental issues in Pakistan and its Relation to the Environmental situations of the world

Unit-VI
Epidemiology surveillance

• Data collection system
• Epidemiology concepts and approach
• Sources of vital and health statistics
• Health indicators
• Role of CHN in Epidemiology Surveillance

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