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May 20, 2026
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NRSE 4132 - Population Health Nursing
Students integrate theory and knowledge from nursing, public health, and related disciplines to guide population-focused nursing practice. Collaborating within interprofessional teams, they apply health promotion and disease prevention strategies with diverse individuals and groups across the lifespan. The course emphasizes understanding cultural diversity, equity analysis, social determinants of health, and addressing health disparities linked to factors such as race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality, religion, ability, and social class. Students explore cultural interrelationships with health and illness, examine the impacts of local and global health policies on population outcomes. They are trained to empower clients and communities, advocate for vulnerable populations, and foster partnerships to improve health and reduce disparities. The course also includes strategies to analyze diversity, equity, and social barriers, as well as methods to prepare for disasters and public health emergencies.
Requisites: NRSE 3202, 3212, 3222. WARNING: No credit if NRSE 4151
Credit Hours: 5
OHIO BRICKS: Bridge: Diversity and Practice
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 4.0 lecture, 0.0 laboratory, 1.0 clinical
Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Term(s) Typically Offered:
Learning Outcomes: - Students will be able to identify the historical context of the nurse in the community and public health.
- Students will be able to recognize their own potential for bias and stereotyping in order to identify how their attitudes, biases, and stereotypes affect clinical encounters, clinical decision making and quality of care.
- Students will be able to analyze the impact of health disparities and social determinants of health on care outcomes for individuals, families, and populations.
- Students will be able to analyze how culture supports and challenges health beliefs, individual health beliefs, practices, and behaviors.
- Students will be able to assess the influence of values and beliefs on individual health practices and behaviors.
- Students will be able to demonstrate clinical reasoning and clinical judgment to deliver evidence-based care to a defined population.
- Students will be able to support a culture of client, provider, and work environment safety.
- Students will be able to demonstrate professionalism and effective communication with nursing faculty and staff, clients, families/caregivers, members of the community, and members of the interprofessional team.
- Students will be able to apply effective collaboration skills as interprofessional team members to optimize population health.
- Students will be able to utilize information technologies and epidemiologic methods to assess available public health data and best available evidence to identify population health risks health promotion opportunities, and risk reduction interventions.
- Students will be able to demonstrate the nurse’s legal, ethical, and professional standards of care with regards to advocacy and care of populations.
- Students will be able to integrate principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion into the care of populations.
- Students will be able to reflect upon their commitment to personal well-being and growth that enables professional practice and leadership.
- Students will be able to apply knowledge of community organization and planning to address primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention for populations.
- Students will be able to advance preparedness to protect population health during disasters and public health emergencies.
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