This course focuses on the collaboration skills needed for interprofessional practice in an evolving healthcare system. Roles and perspectives of the nurse and other health care professionals will be explored. Emphasis will be placed on effective communication, relationship building, and group processing skills. A team approach to providing high quality, safe, patient-centered care will be exercised.

This course provides an overview of the theoretical concepts related to community health care. Focus is on developing the nursing skills needed to prevent illness, reduce risk and promote the health of communities and populations, including culturally diverse and vulnerable populations. Integration of principles related to epidemiology in disease control and prevention will be addressed. Emphasis will be placed on utilization of the nursing process at the community level to plan and deliver care to communities and populations.

This course is designed to prepare you to critically analyze research literature. Emphasis will be placed on critically reading and interpreting published research in terms of applicability to the practice of healthcare professionals.