This course is designed to provide students with knowledge and skills of the nurse as educator; it includes principles of teaching and learning that can be used in raising health awareness of clients as well as changing their knowledge, attitude and health behaviors. Learning theories, teaching strategies, and evaluation methods will be emphasized.

Using “system theory” framework, this course is designed to provide the student with an understanding of the structure and major components of health care delivery systems and their characteristics. Emphasis is on current problems in health care financing and delivery. Social, economic and political forces that have shaped and continue to influence the system are traced. Particular attention is given to the planning for effective delivery of nursing services in future health care delivery system.

This course focuses on acquiring the students the competencies for examining the theoretical and conceptual bases of nursing to encourage the student to critique, evaluate and utilize appropriate theory within their own practice. Focus will be on a variety of theories from nursing. Application, testing, and utilization of these theories to provide quality health care in the current health care delivery system will be explored.