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Southern Utah University
Southern Utah University
Spring Semester 2026

Population Care (Face-to-Face)

NURS 4352-01

Course: NURS 4352-01
Credits: 4
Term: Spring Semester 2026
Department: NURS
CRN: 12747

Course Description

This course focuses on the theory, concepts, and practices of population-focused nursing. Emphasis is placed on culturally sensitive care for individuals, families, and groups in a variety of community settings. Topics include health promotion, disease prevention, health teaching, disaster health, and identification of community resources for implementing change to promote population health. Must be completed with a grade of “C” (2.0) or better. (Fall, Spring) [Graded Letter]

Required Texts

  • The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston
  • American Association of Colleges of Nursing (2021). The Essentials: core competencies for professional nursing education. Washington DC: AACN available through https://www.aacnnursing.org/AACN-Essentials

Learning Outcomes

  • Describe the impact of lifestyle and environment on community and population health outcomes.
  • Describe the principles and practices of community and population-based health nursing; discuss evidence-based community and population health nursing care from ecological framework.
  • Discuss community resources and how availability of community resources impacts community and population health outcomes.
  • Describe nursing's role in health promotion and disease prevention; use of epidemiology and health data to promote community and population health outcomes.
  • Discuss the stages, the disaster cycle, and nurse's roles and responsibilities in disasters.

Course Requirements

Grade Scheme

Grades will be determined in the undergraduate programs using the following grading scale. To progress in the undergraduate program, students must pass each course with a C (74%) minimum.

A100% to 94.0%
A-< 93.0% to 90.0%
B+< 89.0% to 87.0%
B< 86.0% to 84.0%
B-< 83.0% to 80.0%
C+< 79.0% to 77.0%
C< 76.0% to 74.0%
F< 74.0%
Assignment Outline
  • ATI Final - 15%

    The ATI Final exam will serve as the second proctored exam in this course. This exam will be graded according to the ATI grading scale. Please see ATI Testing for more information.

  • Student Presentations - 15%

    Students will be assigned groups and class dates at the beginning of the semester. They will present an Ethics Presentation, a presentation on Healthcare in Other Countries, and a presentation based on a Chapter in the Community Health ATI book. Each student must submit their group presentation in Canvas.

  • Worksheets - 15%

    Worksheets directly correspond to the material covered in class. All worksheets will be on Canvas.

  • ATI Midterm - 10%

    The ATI Midterm exam will serve as the first proctored exam in this course. This exam will be graded according to the ATI grading scale. Please see ATI Testing for more information.

  • DITF - 10%

    Students will read The Demon in the Freezer by Richard Preston throughout the duration of this course. There will be corresponding quizzes for each chapter, a research article, and a comprehensive test related to the concepts covered in the book.

  • APA Papers - 10%

    There will be a Midterm Paper in the middle of the semester and Research Article Paper at the end of the semester. Students will complete both in APA format.

  • PHP - 10%

    Students will create a Personal Health Promotion Goal at the beginning of the semester. There will be weekly journal entries and a final reflection associated with the goal.

  • Attendance - 10%

    Attendance is mandatory in class. Please refer to the Attendance section of the syllabus for more information.

  • ATI Tickets In - 5%

    The ATI Tickets In are the practice assessments on ATI that must be completed prior to the student taking the ATI Midterm and ATI Final. Students are allowed multiple attempts but must score 90% or above in order to pass.

ATI Testing

ATI is utilized to prepare students for NCLEX testing. The 2 proctored exams in this course will be the ATI Midterm and the ATI Final. Dates for these exams are posted on Canvas and in the ATI Testing Schedule in Current Student Resources. Exams will be proctored in the assigned computer lab on school-provided computers.

ATI Proficiency Levels
  • Level 3 84% to 100%
  • Level 2 74% to 83.9%
  • Level 1 58% to 73.9%
  • Below Level 1 <57.9%
ATI Grading Scale
LevelGradeRange
Level 310084% to 100%
Level 29579% to 83.9%
Level 29074% to 78.9%
Level 18058% to 73.9%
Below L10<57.9%
ATI Level Descriptors

Level 3: Scores meeting the Proficiency Level 3 standard can be considered to exceed most expectations for performance in this content area. Scores at this level were judged by the content expert panel to indicate a student as likely to exceed NCLEX-RN standards in this content area. ATI advises these students to engage in continuous focused review to maintain and improve their knowledge of this content.

Level 2: Scores meeting the Proficiency Level 2 standard can be considered to exceed minimum expectations for performance in this content area. Scores at this level were judged by the content expert panel to indicate a student as fairly certain to meet NCLEX-RN standards in this content area. ATI advises these students to engage in continuous focused review to improve their knowledge of this content.

Level 1: Scores meeting the Proficiency Level 1 standard can be considered to meet the absolute minimum expectations for performance in this content area. Scores at this level were judged by the content expert panel to indicate a student as likely to just meet NCLEX-RN® standards in this content area. ATI advises these students to develop and complete a rigorous plan of focused review in order to achieve a firmer grasp of this content.

Below Level 1: Scores below the Proficiency Level 1 standard can be considered below minimum expectations and may indicate a student is at significant risk in this content area. ATI strongly advises these students to develop and complete an intensive plan for focused review and remediation, including ATI materials, textbooks, class notes, reference materials, and support from nurse educators.

ATI Remediation

Any student who scores at Below Level 1 is required to complete remediation. Remediation is intended to strengthen understanding of core concepts and ensure future student success.

Remediation requirements include:

  • Meeting with instructor within 2 weeks of taking the ATI exam
  • Creating a focused learning plan that includes 8 hours of focused review
  • Submitting evidence of completion by remediation deadline
  • If a student receives a Below Level 1 on the ATI Midterm then receives a Level 2 or 3 on the ATI Final, their ATI Midterm score will be adjusted to 50%*
ATI Testing Procedures
  • Students must be on time as the doors will close at the scheduled start time. Students who arrive late or miss the exam must arrange a makeup with the instructor and will receive a 10% grade reduction.
  • Students may not knock or enter once the exam begins.
  • Students with extended testing time accommodations must coordinate with the Disability Resource Center (DRC), course instructor, and the Nursing Program Manager prior to testing to ensure accommodations are applied.
  • Exceptions may be made, as required, for student athletes, military members, or those with accommodations specific to this requirement through SUU's ADA Office.

Course Outline

  • Community Health Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 1 — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Jan 14, 2026
  • Quiz: DITF 1 (Something in the Air) — due by 1:30pm
  • Syllabus Quiz — due by 1:30pm
  • Escape Fire Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 2 — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Jan 21, 2026
  • Quiz: DITF 2 (The Dreaming Demon) — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 3 — due by 1:30pm
  • Quiz: DITF 3 (To Bhola Island) — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Jan 28, 2026
  • Social Determinants Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Communicable Diseases Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 4 — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Feb 4, 2026
  • Quiz: DITF 4 (The Other Side of the Moon) — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 5 — due by 1:30pm
  • Program Planning Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Feb 11, 2026
  • Quiz: DITF 5 (A Woman with a Peaceful Life) — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Feb 18, 2026
  • Journal entry: PHP 6 — due by 1:30pm
  • Midterm Paper — due by 1:30pm
  • Quiz: DITF 6 (The Demon's Eyes) — due by 1:30pm
  • ATI Midterm Ticket in — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Feb 25, 2026
  • Journal entry: PHP 7 — due by 1:30pm
  • Community Aggregates Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 8 — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Mar 18, 2026
  • Quiz: DITF 7 (The Anthrax Skulls) — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP 9 — due by 1:30pm
  • Quiz: DITF 8 (Superpox) — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Mar 25, 2026
  • Vulnerable Populations Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Test DITF — due by 5pm
  • DITF Research Article Paper — due by 1:30pm
  • Emergency Preparedness Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Apr 1, 2026
  • Journal entry: PHP 10 — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Apr 8, 2026
  • ATI Student PowerPoint/Teaching Plan — due by 1:30pm
  • Ethics Student PowerPoint — due by 1:30pm
  • Healthcare in Other Countries Student PowerPoint — due by 1:30pm
  • Journal entry: PHP Final Reflection — due by 1:30pm
  • QPR Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • ATI Final Ticket in — due by 1:30pm
  • Wed Apr 15, 2026
  • Class Final Reflection Worksheet — due by 1:30pm
  • ATI Final
  • ATI Midterm

Instructor's policies on late assignments and/or makeup work

All assignments are due at the time designated. LATE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. It is the student's responsibility to check that the appropriate assignment is uploaded to Canvas.

  • Students must be on time as the doors will close at the scheduled start time. Students who arrive late or miss the exam must arrange a makeup with the instructor and will receive a 10% grade reduction.

Attendance Policy

This class includes learning activities that require a live environment. Attendance is mandatory. If students are late or absent from class, this will result in a decrease in the attendance score. Attendance is worth 10% of the grade in this class.

  • Exceptions may be made, as required, for students in clinical, student athletes, military members, or those with accommodations specific to this requirement through SUU's ADA Office.

Course Fees

4 Credit(s) | $120 Fee

Additional Course Policies and Information

Requisites and Restrictions

Co-requisite(s): NURS 4367 (https://catalog.suu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=10634&returnto=5488#tt7520)

Prerequisite(s): NURS 3112 (https://catalog.suu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=10634&returnto=5488#tt1364) and NURS 3152 (https://catalog.suu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=10634&returnto=5488#tt4804) and NURS 3172 (https://catalog.suu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=10634&returnto=5488#tt8159) and NURS 3182 (https://catalog.suu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=10634&returnto=5488#tt8768) and NURS 3187 (https://catalog.suu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=27&poid=10634&returnto=5488#tt6879) - Prerequisite Min. Grade: C

Registration Restriction(s): Admittance into the HP to BSN Nursing program

Instructor's Response Time & Feedback

Semester long course guidelines: Emails from students in semester-long classes must be responded to within three business days (Definition of business day: Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm and does not include holidays). All assignments must be graded within seven calendar days of due date for semester-long courses. If faculty need an extension to grade assignments because of assignment length, holiday, or other circumstances, faculty will notify students in advance. Assignments need to be graded in sufficient time to allow students to improve and build upon their learning for subsequent assignments.

AI Policy

When students use generative artificial intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process for this course, students should only use these technologies to improve readability and language, or to generate a basic skeleton of ideas for assignment content. Applying these technologies should be done with careful oversight, and students should carefully review and edit the result, as AI can generate good-sounding output that can be incorrect, incomplete, or biased. SUU Policy #6.33 on academic integrity should be followed when using AI. If you are unsure to what extent to use AI as part of an assignment, please reach out to me before the assignment is due. If a student uses AI-assisted technologies, the student should disclose in their assignment the use of AI and AI-assisted technologies in the assignment by following the instructions below. This declaration does not apply to the use of basic tools for checking grammar, spelling, references etc. If there is nothing to disclose, there is no need to add a statement. Any assignment which has been determined by the professor (using the tools provided by SUU to monitor academic integrity) to have been created using these technologies which were not disclosed by the student is subject to failure.

Disclosure Instructions:

Students must disclose the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies in the writing process by adding this statement at the end of their assignment:

Statement: During the preparation of this work [THE STUDENT(S)] used [NAME TOOL /SERVICE] in order to [REASON].

Statement of Safety or Risk Assumption

You are expected to manage your own transportation and assume your own risks when traveling to and from classes, labs, or clinical experiences and when performing duties in class, lab, or clinical experiences. There are inherent risks involved in travel and in lab and clinical experiences. The most obvious risks are accidents, contracting infections or other communicable diseases, weather, or lack of parking. Please plan ahead and take common precautions to prevent accidents, infections and violence. Be prepared and be safe.

ADA Statement

Students with medical, psychological, learning, or other disabilities desiring academic adjustments, accommodations, or auxiliary aids will need to contact the Disability Resource Center, located in Room 206F of the Sharwan Smith Center or by phone at (435) 865-8042. The Disability Resource Center determines eligibility for and authorizes the provision of services.

If your instructor requires attendance, you may need to seek an ADA accommodation to request an exception to this attendance policy. Please contact the Disability Resource Center to determine what, if any, ADA accommodations are reasonable and appropriate.

Academic Credit

According to the federal definition of a Carnegie credit hour: A credit hour of work is the equivalent of approximately 60 minutes of class time or independent study work. A minimum of 45 hours of work by each student is required for each unit of credit. Credit is earned only when course requirements are met. One (1) credit hour is equivalent to 15 contact hours of lecture, discussion, testing, evaluation, or seminar, as well as 30 hours of student homework. An equivalent amount of work is expected for laboratory work, internships, practica, studio, and other academic work leading to the awarding of credit hours. Credit granted for individual courses, labs, or studio classes ranges from 0.5 to 15 credit hours per semester.

Academic Freedom

SUU is operated for the common good of the greater community it serves. The common good depends upon the free search for truth and its free exposition. Academic Freedom is the right of faculty to study, discuss, investigate, teach, and publish. Academic Freedom is essential to these purposes and applies to both teaching and research.

Academic Freedom in the realm of teaching is fundamental for the protection of the rights of the faculty member and of you, the student, with respect to the free pursuit of learning and discovery. Faculty members possess the right to full freedom in the classroom in discussing their subjects. They may present any controversial material relevant to their courses and their intended learning outcomes, but they shall take care not to introduce into their teaching controversial materials which have no relation to the subject being taught or the intended learning outcomes for the course.

As such, students enrolled in any course at SUU may encounter topics, perspectives, and ideas that are unfamiliar or controversial, with the educational intent of providing a meaningful learning environment that fosters your growth and development. These parameters related to Academic Freedom are included in SUU Policy 6.6.

Academic Misconduct

Scholastic honesty is expected of all students. Dishonesty will not be tolerated and will be prosecuted to the fullest extent (see SUU Policy 6.33). You are expected to have read and understood the current SUU student conduct code (SUU Policy 11.2) regarding student responsibilities and rights, the intellectual property policy (SUU Policy 5.52), information about procedures, and what constitutes acceptable behavior.

Please Note: The use of websites or services that sell essays is a violation of these policies; likewise, the use of websites or services that provide answers to assignments, quizzes, or tests is also a violation of these policies. Regarding the use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), you should check with your individual course instructor.

Emergency Management Statement

In case of an emergency, the University's Emergency Notification System (ENS) will be activated. Students are encouraged to maintain updated contact information using the link on the homepage of the mySUU portal. In addition, students are encouraged to familiarize themselves with the Emergency Response Protocols posted in each classroom. Detailed information about the University's emergency management plan can be found at https://www.suu.edu/emergency.

HEOA Compliance Statement

For a full set of Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) compliance statements, please visit https://www.suu.edu/heoa. The sharing of copyrighted material through peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing, except as provided under U.S. copyright law, is prohibited by law; additional information can be found at https://my.suu.edu/help/article/1096/heoa-compliance-plan.

You are also expected to comply with policies regarding intellectual property (SUU Policy 5.52) and copyright (SUU Policy 5.54).

Mandatory Reporting

University policy (SUU Policy 5.60) requires instructors to report disclosures received from students that indicate they have been subjected to sexual misconduct/harassment. The University defines sexual harassment consistent with Federal Regulations (34 C.F.R. Part 106, Subpart D) to include quid pro quo, hostile environment harassment, sexual assault, dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking. When students communicate this information to an instructor in-person, by email, or within writing assignments, the instructor will report that to the Title IX Coordinator to ensure students receive support from the Title IX Office. A reporting form is available at https://cm.maxient.com/reportingform.php?SouthernUtahUniv

Non-Discrimination Statement

SUU is committed to fostering an inclusive community of lifelong learners and believes our university's encompassing of different views, beliefs, and identities makes us stronger, more innovative, and better prepared for the global society.

SUU does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex (including sex discrimination and sexual harassment), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, ancestry, disability status, pregnancy, pregnancy-related conditions, genetic information, military status, veteran status, or other bases protected by applicable law in employment, treatment, admission, access to educational programs and activities, or other University benefits or services.

SUU strives to cultivate a campus environment that encourages freedom of expression from diverse viewpoints. We encourage all to dialogue within a spirit of respect, civility, and decency.

For additional information on non-discrimination, please see SUU Policy 5.27 and/or visit https://www.suu.edu/nondiscrimination.

Pregnancy

Students who are or become pregnant during this course may receive reasonable modifications to facilitate continued access and participation in the course. Pregnancy and related conditions are broadly defined to include pregnancy, childbirth, termination of pregnancy, lactation, related medical conditions, and recovery. To obtain reasonable modifications, please make a request to title9@suu.edu. To learn more visit: https://www.suu.edu/titleix/pregnancy.html.

Disclaimer Statement

Information contained in this syllabus, other than the grading, late assignments, makeup work, and attendance policies, may be subject to change with advance notice, as deemed appropriate by the instructor.