Community Nursing I / Health Promotion

General

• Code: 278-190204
• Semester: 2nd
• Study Level: Undergraduate
• Course type: Specialization
• Teaching and exams language: Greek
• The course is offered to Erasmus students
• Teaching Methods (Hours/Week): Theory (4) / Laboratory (4)
• ECTS Units: 9
• Course homepage: https://moodle.teithe.gr/course/index.php?categoryid=196
• Instructors: Bellali Thaleia, Tsaloglidou Areti

Course Contents

Theory

• Introduction, definitions (health, community)-scope and characteristics of public and community health nursing.
• Health trends in the western world and social changes affecting community health.
• Nursing theories underlying community nursing.
• Health promotion and risk reduction – Use of epidemiology in disease control and prevention.
• Concepts in family health risk-Significant family health risks and nursing interventions.
• Assessment of social groups needs in the community (nursing care of children and adolescents, elderly, other vulnerable populations).
• Environmental health.
• Violence in the community (child and elder abuse).
• Access to secondary/tertiary care (structures, decentralization).
• Nursing interventions in the community, co-operation with other health care professionals- Community health sectors.

Laboratory

• Visits/clinical placement to Primary Health Care Services.

Educational Goals

The aim of this module is to highlight the scope of community nursing as well as the role and interventions of the community nurse. In particular, students should understand the concept of prevention and health promotion and acquire the knowledge necessary to inform and educate families or groups in the community.

General Skills

• Adapting to new situations.
• Decision-making.
• Working independently.
• Team work.
• Project planning and management.
• Respect for difference and multiculturalism.
• Showing social, professional and ethical responsibility and sensitivity to gender issues.
• Production of new research ideas.
• Working in an interdisciplinary environment.
• Production of free, creative and inductive thinking.

Teaching Methods

• Face to face.

Use of ICT means

• Use of ICT in teaching and communication with students.
• Support of the learning process through the electronic platform moodle and/or e-class.
• Use of e-mails for communication with students.
• Use of computer and projector for viewing PPT and other audiovisual material (e.g. videos).

Teaching Organization

Students Evaluation

• Written exams and essay.