Community/Public Health Nursing
Program Description:
The University of Hawaii at Manoa School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene is please to anounce a new Master's of Science Community/Public Health Clinical Nurse Specialist Program (CNS). This program was designed to prepare the graduate to assume the role of a Cummunity/Public Health CNS for providing care to individuals, families and communities. The role of the C/PH practitioner is that of a clinician, researcher, manager, consultant and educator in the field of community and public health. Graduates will be prepared to assume leadership roles in a wide variety of agencies including departemtns of health, school health settings, home care, hospice care, occupational health, correctional health, ambulatory care services in a hospital, school of nursing (as an educator), university based member of a research team, etc. The Community/Public Health CNS has complex project management skills, and thus is qualified to work in many different venues, performing a variety of roles.
This is a distance based program. Course work will be conducted via the internet. Students can attend class and complete their project rotations on their home island or country.
Student will be required to complete 36 credit of course work which includes care of populations, epidemiology & statistics, health promotion / disease prevention, information systems, needs assessment, program planning & evaluation, public health implications of disasters, and research. The degree course pathyway is designed to be taken part-time (6-credits per semester) over 6 continuous semesters.
During the last two semesters of the program, each student will select a focus area and conduct a comples project in the chosen focus area. The key to focus area is selected by the student from within community/public health. Examples of a focus areas may include public health, school health, home care, international health, community based primary care services, maternal child health, disaster services, etc.
Minimu Admission Requirements
- Baccalareate degree with a major in nursing from an NLNAC or CCNE accredited program.
- Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0
- Current professional nursing license or registration or (application for license or registration in home state or country).
- Interview with program specialty advisor.
Contact
For more information, please call our Office of Student Services at (808) 956-8939 or e-mail Dr. Kristine Qureshi, DNSc, RN at kqureshi@hawaii.edu or Tracie Bregman at tnagao@hawaii.edu
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Total credits required: 36
Fall Year 1 (Total 6 credits)
N605 Health promotion and disease prevention (3)
PH 655 Biostatistics (3)
Spring Year 1 (Total 6 credits)
PH 649 Needs assessment and program planning (3)
PH 663 Principles of epidemiology (3)
Summer Year 1 (Total 6 credits)
PH765 Program Evaluation (3)
N620 Research (3)
Fall Year 2 (Total 6 credits)
N 630 Information Systems (3)
N733 Care of Populations (3)
Spring Year 2 (Total 6 credits)
N699 Practicum I (3)
N609 Health Policy (3)
Summer Year 2 (Total 6 credits)
N699 Practicum II (3)
PH792 Consequences of Disasters (2)
N699 Capstone (1)
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