Community Health Nursing DNRS 2310

Course description:

This course designed to prepare the student to work in the community settings such as primary care centers, Mother Child Health centers, schools and work settings.  In the Palestinian community, adequate primary health care is essential to meet its health care needs.  Health promotion, disease prevention and health maintenance are immediate concerns of the Palestinian people.  The overall health status in the Palestinian community can be achieved through improving quality of health care, which is markedly presented and adopted by the MOH strategic plan as a first priority.

Course Aims:

  • The primary goal of this course is to introduce students to the basic 
concepts, theoretical Frameworks and knowledge basis comprising the 
field of community/public health.  
  • A second goal is to discuss the various approaches used in community health to synthesize different theoretical perspectives and knowledge domains into a comprehensive whole to facilitate collaborative endeavors with all client levels (i.e. individuals, families, groups and communities).


Course outcomes:

Upon completion of this course, student will be able to:
  • Discuss the basic concepts in community health nursing using various definitions. 
  • Explain the relationship between community health perception of the community and related health problems. 
  • Describe the four stages of community health nursing development. 
  • Describe factors that influenced the growth of community health nursing 
  • Define health care delivery system. 
  • Describe factors affecting health care delivery system. 
  • Mention the three-dimension community as a client. 
  • Apply the steps of nursing process in a community setting. 
  • Identify the socio-economic factors that affect the health of women and children 
  • Outline the aim of ARH. 
  • Mention goal and objectives of SHS. 
  • List the responsibilities of community health nurse in PHS.
  •  Identify common substance of abuse and dependence.
  • Recognize the application of nursing process on promoting family health. 
  • Describe the major health problems of the older population.
  • Explain purposes of home visiting and home health service. 
  • Recognize the principles of immunization.
  • Identify the immunization schedule for children in Palestine.