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, and interdisciplinary collaboration to the components of community health practice, including health promotion and 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 and environmental health and nurse?s role in those aspects of community health.