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Faculty seminars are used to explore the role of the professional nurse through discussions with nurse leaders, group discussions, critical thinking exercises, values clarifications and self discovery.

Clinical practicum involves experiences with providing and managing nursing care to selected clients with restorative health care needs. Emphasis on providing nursing care to sick clients. Concurrent with NURSING 432. Prerequisite: successful completion of all Level I and Level II requirements.

An opportunity to apply theory to nursing practice and to develop beginning proficiency in basic nursing and health promotion skills with the individual in the community. Concurrent with NURSING 315, 316. Prerequisite: upper division standing in major.

The culminating experience of the Public Health Sciences Major, this course is designed for students to synthesize and integrate their learning from previous coursework, internship, and extra-curricular activities in the discipline. Course leads to a project, presentation, initiative, or research paper that is present at the Statewide Research Conference. Class also helps develop skills in teamwork, communication and leadership. Satisfies the Integrative Experience requirement for BS-PubHlth majors.

C. Everett Koop, former Surgeon General of the Unites States famously once said "Anything we can do to stop smoking is good." The course explores the meaning of this "anything" in public health practice. A guiding question will be "what are the ethical limits in protecting the public's health?" While we won't be solving all the ethical issues that confronts practitioners, we will raise questions about ethical public health practice.

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This course is designed to give students a broad overview of public health and public health systems within the United States. This course will provide students with an understanding of the core disciplines with public health and will then focus in on the social and political aspects of health. The course will allow students to gain an understanding of the role of public policy in health and how to develop policies and plan that support individual and community health efforts.

This course is designed to give students a broad overview of public health and public health systems within the United States. This course will provide students with an understanding of the core disciplines with public health and will then focus in on the social and political aspects of health. The course will allow students to gain an understanding of the role of public policy in health and how to develop policies and plan that support individual and community health efforts.

Principles of health promotion and personal wellness with emphasis on stress management, nutrition, physical fitness, substance abuse prevention, prevalence of sexually transmitted diseases, and human sexuality. (Gen.Ed. SI)