Nursing - Public Health Nursing (Bridge)

Overview

Key facts

Public health nursing is a specialty practice that focuses on population health in an effort to prevent disease and disability and promote wellness. Public health nurses define, assess and help create solutions to current public health concerns. They evaluate emerging treatments and policies that can help change the public health landscape and reduce disease and illness.

Graduates of the Nursing - Public Health Nursing (Bridge) program at Grand Canyon University provides population-based care that is respectful of human dignity and patient autonomy in accordance with Christian principles. They can recognize the unique role patients' spirituality and their own spirituality play in health care decision-making processes and management of care. 

Students are prepared to advocate for ethical and just health care policies and promote public health and wellness in efforts to reduce health disparities and improve the quality of life for diverse communities and populations.

Opportunities

Students in the MSN with an emphasis in public health nursing program are exposed to content and knowledge from both nursing and public-health fields. They acquire a heightened understanding of public policies, theories, principles and their application to real-life cases. 

As part of the program, students complete an evidence-based practice project tailored to the student's area of specific interest. The MSN program also culminates with a practicum experience where students will learn to apply public-health nursing concepts and skills in a public health setting.