Weekly outline
Unit 1: Basic Concepts and Principles of Public Health Nursing Practice
• Definition of public health nursing practice
• Nature and scope of public health nursing practice
• Roles, functions, and activities of a Public Health Nurse
• Fields of Public Health Nursing
• School Health Nursing
• Occupational Health Nursing
• Others
Unit 2: Public Health Nursing in the Philippines
• Building Blocks of the Health System
• The Department of Health and Public Health Programs and Services
• Factors affecting public health nursing practice at the global and local contexts (Primary Health Care, Sustainable Development Goals, Universal Health Care)
Unit 3: Environmental Health
• Water Sanitation
• Food Sanitation
• Solid Waste Management
• Proper Excreta and Sewage Disposal
• Environmental Pollution
• Vector Control
• Proper Housing