community and population nursing

expands on the student's knowledge and understanding of primary health care concepts and their application to community health nursing and population health, and the nurse as part of a multidisciplinary/inter-professional team. the emphasis will be on the role of the nurse in the community using canadian community health nursing standards and practice and the population health promotion framework. concepts of healthy public policy, social justice, determinants of health, community assessment and development, program planning and evaluation, epidemiology, health education and empowerment are fundamental concepts