NAPN84202

Prerequisites: NURS 50022. This course focuses on the role of the nurse practitioner in promoting wellness in the primary care setting, and communities. Principles of health promotion, disease prevention, and behavioral modification for individuals, aggregates, and populations are integrated. The environmental, socioeconomic, epidemiological, and cultural context of health behaviors will be explored. Population health models and frameworks used for health program planning and initiatives will be examined.