The Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Field Experience introduces the student to the clinical aspects of health promotion and disease prevention in the community health environment. Students will focus upon the development of skills necessary to prioritize the global clinical needs of the community, nursing methodology, and resources to improve the health of the community. Students will also develop a potential social media campaign to promote population health and address primary prevention topic outcomes. In this field experience, the student will:

• Demonstrate critical thinking skills by applying principles of community health nursing in a variety of community settings aligning with the selected primary prevention topic.

• Describe the completed field experience in a written assessment that will also outline recommendations to improve the community health concern using the nursing process.

• Develop and recommend health promotion and disease prevention strategies for population groups.

The purpose of this field experience is to expose you to the practice of nursing care interventions focused on the community and a population as the patient. In this field experience, you will observe with a licensed registered nurse employed at a community facility to learn about the health concern you chose and the resources and services for care from their perspectives.