Good Neighboring, Good Nursing
The Johns
Hopkins University School of Nursing graduate community/public health
nursing programs are ranked second in the nation by
U.S.News & World Report. The newly established Department of Community
Public Health facilitates community partnerships, student learning
opportunities, and faculty involvement throughout Baltimore.
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Hopkins nursing students keep the
children at St. Bernardine's healthy by listening to their heart and
lungs, testing heart rate, taking blood pressure, and more. Photo by
Bill Denison
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Through its
decade-long
Community Outreach
Program
, the
School of Nursing offers life-changing learning and discovery experiences
for each generation of Hopkins nurses.
Providing health
services at institutions throughout Baltimore
- such as
schools, churches, homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters, and health
clinics - introduces Hopkins nursing students to community health nursing.
Doulas, also called birth companions, are an increasingly welcome presence
in the local community for women about to have a baby. The school's
Birth Companions Program is preparing students to fill this unique role
during labor and birth.
Returned
Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs) who receive
Peace Corps Fellowship
funding
participate in the Community Outreach Program.Their
global experiences shape and form their local service.
Students learn more about community public health through the courses "Community
Outreach to Underserved Populations in Urban Baltimore," "Public
Health Nursing," "Special
Topics in Nursing: Public Health Nursing in Diverse U.S. Communities," "Theory
and Practice of Public Health Nursing," "Population-Based
Public Health Nursing Interventions," and "Public
Health Nursing Leadership & Management."
The master's degree in
Public Health Nursing, a joint degree
Master of Science in Nursing / Master of Public Health, and a master's
program for
Nurse Practitioners with a Public Health Nursing Focus carry the
community health practice and research experiences to the graduate level.
