Course description

Course Catalog Description:

Population health spans the healthcare delivery continuum from public health prevention to population disease management and involves effective collaborations and partnerships for the improvement of equitable population health outcomes. In this course, learners will explore the nursing concepts and competencies needed to assess, analyze, and respond to population health trends and issues from global and multicultural perspectives.

Unit 3 Epidemiological Case Study

The Epidemiological Case Study is an interactive exercise developed to teach epidemiologic principles and practices. The case study is based on real-life outbreaks and public health problems and was developed in collaboration with the original investigators and experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The case study requires students to apply their epidemiologic knowledge and skills to problems confronted by public and community health practitioners at the local, state, and national levels. Navigating a Foodborne Outbreak: Preparation for Interprofessional Practice is a self-paced, interactive learning module that demonstrates the importance of interprofessional practice among health professionals to improve and protect population health in the context of a foodborne outbreak. The module will take approximately 90 minutes to two hours to complete, depending on the level of previous exposure to the content and the learner’s interest in exploring the optional reference resources. You may choose to complete the module in one session or pause and return to the module, completing it in multiple sessions. The module is divided into three chapters—one is set in an outpatient clinic, one at a local public health department, and one at a multidisciplinary meeting after the outbreak has resolved. The foodborne illness scenario is based on an actual multi-state foodborne outbreak that occurred in 2015-16, but the details of the patients, clinicians, and the local health department are fictional. Any similarities to individuals or settings are coincidental. You will take a preliminary quiz to assess your knowledge of the content before beginning the module and will complete a quiz after completing the module to evaluate what you have learned. You will receive a digital certificate upon completion of the module that will be uploaded to the Dropbox.

What will i learn?

• 1. Synthesize knowledge from the arts and sciences to form a foundation for the practice of professional nursing
• 2. Provide holistic, culturally competent care for individuals, families, and populations through health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan and healthcare continuum.
• 3. Integrate professional values and behaviors when delivering standards-based nursing care to diverse patients and populations
• 4. Develop leadership skills to provide and continuously improve the delivery of safe, patient-centered quality healthcare
• 5. Incorporate best practices and the most current evidence when using clinical reasoning to make practice decisions
• 6. Incorporate the use of information systems and technology in order to communicate, manage knowledge, mitigate error, and support decision-making.
• 7. Integrate effective communication and collaboration skills to improve patient satisfaction and health outcomes

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