Module overview

Welcome to the second semester. This semester’s module is Community-Based nursing. It is a core module offered in the second year of the Bachelor of Nursing. It is offered in semester two. The module combines theory and clinical elements of community-based nursing. The module equips the student with the knowledge, skills and values required in community-based nursing practice, covering the clients’ homes, schools, and health centres and the skills and values required in community-based nursing practice. It introduces the learners to community health nursing concepts, the legal and theoretical frameworks guiding community health nursing practice, and the country’s functioning. Concepts of primary health care (PHC), epidemiology, and family-centred care as an approach to healthcare delivery and the nursing process are applied. The module prepares the learner for school health nursing, disaster management, home-based care, forensic health, health in the workplace and correctional services.

The clinical component allows learners to conduct client assessments in various community-based settings to develop relevant and appropriate interventions to promote health and prevent diseases in individuals, families, and communities. The module covers community health assessment, epidemiology, family health assessment, adolescent and family planning, school health, occupational health, and disaster nursing. This module allows for collaboration, consultation, and forging of partnerships with various stakeholders in the community and referral and continuity of care.