NURS4260 · Nursing
Connell School of Nursing
This course introduces the conceptual and scientific frameworks of population health, emphasizing public health nursing roles. The course integrates health promotion, risk reduction, and disease prevention across the life span in a range of local and global settings, using case examples that nurses, as part of interdisciplinary teams, will encounter. Community assessment and epidemiological methods are introduced. Health disparities and vulnerability are examined through an ecological lens together with traditional and emerging public health issues. Students will learn about bridging population health and clinical care in order to meet the prevention health needs of individuals, families, and populations.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.1 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.1 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.0 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
3.9 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect the evaluations connected to this course.
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Connell School of Nursing
3.4 / 5
3.2 / 5
Associate Professor of the Practice, Connell School of Nursing
3.1 / 5
3.1 / 5
Assistant Professor, Connell School of Nursing
4.7 / 5
3.8 / 5
Associate Professor, Connell School of Nursing
4.4 / 5
4.1 / 5
Across time
Available section-level results across semesters.
Spring 2025
4 sectionsFall 2024
1 sectionSpring 2024
4 sectionsFall 2023
1 sectionSpring 2023
4 sectionsSpring 2022
4 sectionsFall 2021
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 sectionFall 2020
1 sectionSpring 2020
4 sections