Course Introduction: Looking Upstream (includes course navigation, introduction)
• Case Study: Thinking Upstream
Module 1: Population-Focused Practice
• Case Study: Understanding Community Health and Public Health Nursing
• Case Study: Examining the Built Environment
• Case Study: An Immunization Audit at the School
• Case Study: Establishing Goals at the Workplace
• Discussion Board: Describe the Built Community
• Discussion Board: Discuss Tom’s Goals and Objectives
Module 2: Health Care Systems
• Case Study: Introductions at the Public Health Nursing Service
• Case Study: Choosing a Home Health Service
• Case Study: A Nurse Entrepreneur’s Story
• Discussion Board: Share Your Recommendation
Module 3: Economics of Health Care Delivery
• Case Study: A Report for the Board of Health
• Case Study: Health Care at the Grassroots Level
• Case Study: Meeting the Neighbors
Module 4: Community Assessment
• Case Study: Exploring a New Community
• Case Study: Start of a New School Year
• Case Study: Challenges for the Committee
• Discussion Board: What Did You Observe? (Exploring a New Community)
• Discussion Board: What Did You Observe? (Start of a New School Year)
• Discussion Board: What Would You Do?
Module 5: Epidemiology
• Case Study: Being a Good Epi Detective
• Case Study: A Foodborne Illness Impacts the School
• Case Study: Reading the Newspaper Headlines
• Case Study: Crossing State Lines with Campylobacter
• Discussion Board: Share Your Media Campaign
• Discussion Board: Your Presentation is Ready
Module 6: Nursing Process in the Community
• Case Study: Think Pink
• Case Study: A Faith Coalition Develops a Free Clinic
• Case Study: A Personal Call for Organ Donors
Module 7: Community Health Promotion
• Case Study: Internet Safety Across the Curriculum
• Case Study: Fun, Sun, and Summer Safety
• Case Study: Attacking Men’s Health at the Workplace
• Case Study: Growing Healthy Children
• Discussion Board: Share Your Plan
Module 8: Health Education
• Case Study: Centering Pregnancy
• Case Study: Food, Fitness, and Fun in the School
• Case Study: Summer Visitors Bring Lyme Disease
Module 9: Family Health
• Case Study: Completing a Family Genogram and Ecomap
• Case Study: Double the Challenges, Double the Joy
• Case Study: Going Smoke-Free
• Case Study: Celebrating Health at a Women’s Health Fair
• Discussion Board: Share Your Thoughts about Planning Nursing Interventions for this Family
• Discussion Board: Share Your Topics for the Health Fair
• Discussion Board: Brainstorm Other Ideas
Module 10: Environmental Health
• Case Study: Safe Water to Drink
• Case Study: Noise Pollution Everywhere
• Case Study: Travel Abroad Concerns
• Case Study: Radon in the Home
• Discussion Board: Share Your Ideas About Keeping Water Safe
Module 11: Ethical and Legal Challenges in the Community
• Case Study: Understanding HIPAA Requirements
• Case Study: Should the Free Clinic Be Free?
• Case Study: Called As a Witness
• Case Study: Parental Permission Missing
• Discussion Board: Are There Risks of No Care is Provided?
Module 12: Vulnerable Populations
• Case Study: A Meth Bust Impacts the School
• Case Study: A Tuberculosis Outbreak Threatens Migrant Workers
• Case Study: The Challenge of Homelessness
• Case Study: A Surprise Encounter at the Airport
• Case Study: Saying Goodbye
Module 13: Disaster Management
• Case Study: Preparing for Disasters
• Case Study: Summer Storms Create a Disaster
• Case Study: An Outbreak Impacts the Community
• Discussion Board: What Decisions Need to Be Made?
Module 14: The Future of Community and Public Health Nursing
• Case Study: All I Ever Really Needed to Know…
• Case Study: Establishing a Nurse-Managed Clinic
• Case Study: Think Globally, Act Locally