This course provides nursing students with the essential knowledge & skills in providing nursing care to all clients across the lifespan in the community setting: individuals, families, groups, communities, & populations. Emphasis will be placed on the studying & application of all nursing roles including leadership, case management, & interdisciplinary collaboration to the components of community health practice, including health promotion & disease prevention. Nursing students will be directed toward studying the nursing process by applying primary, secondary, & tertiary prevention of disease for clients in different community settings. This course also provides students with essential knowledge in epidemiology & environmental health & nurse's role in those aspects of community health.