Community Health Nursing

Focuses on various issues that impact directly on professional nursing practice. Each chapter is written by an acknowledged expert and offers nurses the opportunity to increase their understanding of the similarities and differences in national approaches to a range of issues. Each of the authors has considerable experience of European health care and their contributions offer a multinational view that will stimulate discussion and debate. They explore a range of topics of importance to professional nursing practice with perspectives drawn from the UK, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, Denmark and Ireland

The Health Promotion course is designed to provide students with an understanding of the theoretical and empirical basis of health promotion, and enable them to plan and evaluate health promotion policies and programs. 

The course provides an introduction to the principles of health promotion and the strategies used to promote health to individuals and community. The course also covers determinants of health at different levels, drawing on theory related to intervening at each level.

Often called “the cornerstone” of public health, epidemiology is the study of the distribution and determinants of diseases, health conditions, or events among populations and the application of that study to control health problems. By applying the concepts learned in this course to current public health problems and issues, students will understand the practice of epidemiology as it relates to real life and makes for a better appreciation of public health programs and policies. This course explores public health issues like cardiovascular and infectious diseases – both locally and globally – through the lens of epidemiology.

Community health nursing courses aim to develop knowledge of the practicing nurse in the area of community health nursing. 

The courses focus on assessing community health needs, using evidence-based practice and quality improvement standards in promoting health and well-being of the individual, the family and the community. Students will explore public health and the barriers and facilitators associated with managing chronic disease/illness in a complex and evolving healthcare system. 

The courses build on Registered Nurse students’ professional experiences to prepare them for population-focused clinical practice in community/public health nursing by meeting selected, collective health needs of the community and society.

This course provides students with the opportunity to critically analyze contemporary models and frameworks for leadership and management; examine leadership and management concepts, issues and challenges and their impact on nursing practice with specific reference to an area of specialty; and examine the impact of political, economic, socio-cultural influences on contemporary management and leadership, and leadership/management styles and behaviors.