Nursing Elective: Planetary Health
Overview
This course is eligible for credit toward the Global Competency Certificate (GCC). This course is open to students outside of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing program and is not specific to students studying in healthcare disciplines.
- Planetary health
- Anthropocene
- Climate and environmental change
- Ecosystems
- Planetary boundaries
- Global citizenship
- Social responsibility
- Social justice
- Inequality and inequity
- Disease ecology
- Health policy
- Population health
- Social determinants of health
- Mental health
- Sustainability
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
Faculty will facilitate the student's integration of nursing theory and promote the development of critical inquiry, clinical reasoning and judgment through learning activities such as lectures, group discussions, client-based scenarios, and using electronic resources.
This is a graded course, and the means of assessment are consistent with the Douglas College Evaluation Policy. The instructor's course outline will be available to students by the first class and list the evaluative components of the course.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Discuss planetary health, including its interdisciplinary nature and global significance;
- Analyze pressing planetary health issues, including the impacts of climate and environmental change;
- Recognize key environmental and social challenges that impact ecosystems;
- Analyze the interconnectedness between human health and the health of the planet, including the concept of the Anthropocene;
- Describe the impact of environmental health on the global burden of disease;
- Explore how planetary health issues disproportionately affect some populations and explore strategies to address health inequities and inequalities;
- Expand thinking about implications for public health policies at the local, national, and international levels;
- Examine sustainable solutions that promote both human and planetary health;
- Reflect on ethical considerations related to planetary health, such as social responsibility and social justice and what it means to be a global citizen;
- Articulate the values and practices of cultural safety, humility, and anti-racist practices.
Requisites
Prerequisites
Students in the BSN program are required to maintain a passing grade of 65% (C+) in all courses in order to progress in the program.
Corequisites
No corequisite courses.
Equivalencies
No equivalent courses.
Course Guidelines
Course Guidelines for previous years are viewable by selecting the version desired. If you took this course and do not see a listing for the starting semester / year of the course, consider the previous version as the applicable version.
Course Transfers
These are for current course guidelines only. For a full list of archived courses please see https://www.bctransferguide.ca
| Institution | Transfer details for NURS 3418 |
|---|---|
| Athabasca University (AU) | AU HLST 3XX (3) |
| College of New Caledonia (CNC) | CNC SOC 2XX (3) |
| Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) | No credit |
| Thompson Rivers University (TRU) | TRU NURS 3XXX (3) |
| Trinity Western University (TWU) | TWU NURS 227 (3) |
| University of Northern BC (UNBC) | UNBC NURS 2XX (3) |
| Vancouver Island University (VIU) | VIU NURS 318 (3) |
Course Offerings
Winter 2025
| CRN | Days | Instructor | Status | More details |
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CRN
17451
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Instructor last name
Roy
Instructor first name
Tonya
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Course status
Waitlist
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