Author: Angeline Bushy RN, Ph.D.

RURAL HEALTH contains eleven lessons focusing on health issues from a RURAL HEALTH perspective. Students study the multifaceted dimensions of health, illness, the health care delivery system, populations with special needs, occupational accidents, and heath beliefs of rural residents are highlighted. Each lesson includes hypertext links to assist learners in accessing additional information via the Internet. COMHEALTH - IV RURAL HEALTH includes information from a US and international viewpoint.

This system is appropriate for undergraduate, graduate, in-service, distance, and continuing education students requiring BASIC RURAL HEALTH learning objectives.

RURAL HEALTH may be used with a textbook or supportive literature of your choice.

Table of Contents

Lesson 1:

Introduction and Course Overview
Lesson 2: Rural-Urban Residency: Terms & Definitions
Lesson 3: A Theory For Rural Nursing
Lesson 4: Rural People and Their Health Status
Lesson 5: Learning About a Rural Community and the People Who Live There
Lesson 6: Rural Health Care Delivery Systems
Lesson 7: Rural Nursing in the U.S.
Lesson 8: Cultural & Linguistically Competent Nursing Care
Lesson 9: Ethical Situations in Rural Settings
Lesson 10: Rural Nursing Research: Needs and Considerations
Lesson 11: Rural Nursing - International Perspectives