Morrisville State College

Course Description

This course engages the learner in co-constructing new knowledge of the concepts of health promotion and disease prevention across the lifespan and for all levels of care, working with peers, faculty and the broader learning community Topics include a range of determinates of health including psycho-social, physical, spiritual, cultural, and political factors. A healthiness model based on human strengths is used to design and implement patient and family-centered health promotion and disease prevention interventions. The concepts that support teaching and learning for nursing practice will be explored in depth. Nursing informatics is used throughout the course to develop teaching learning tools. Integration of knowledge will be demonstrated through a service learning project. This is an online course with enhanced electronic communications requiring Blackboard; Adobe Connect, with webcam & USB headset; Microsoft Office [WORD, PowerPoint and Excel 2010 or higher] and the Internet. Pre/Co-requisite: NURS 310 with a C+ or better 3 credits (3 lecture hours) spring semester