Understanding Health and Wellness
FPM-40694
This courses will teach students how to identify risk factors for chronic disease, commonly used biometric measures, current lifestyle recommendations for optimizing health, and recognizing potential imminent danger and medical red flags and to know when to refer another health care professional.
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UC San Diego, Division of Extended Studies is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation
Contact Hours: 15. Contact hours are awarded for the completion of assignments and a final grade of 70% or higher. You must choose a Letter Grade for your grading option. The instructors, planners, content developers, and anyone involved with this course have no conflicts of interest to disclose.
This course was last updated 2025. Content is reviewed and updated as needed but no longer than 3 years. This expiration date for this course content is December 31, 2028.
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This course is entirely web-based and to be completed asynchronously between the published course start and end dates. Synchronous attendance is NOT required.
You will have access to your online course on the published start date OR 1 business day after your enrollment is confirmed if you enroll on or after the published start date.
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All course materials are included unless otherwise stated.
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Natiya Guin
Dr. Guin is a licensed naturopathic doctor, nationally certified health and wellness coach, and leader in holistic health advocacy; integrating lifestyle, natural, and conventional medicine to get to the root cause of illness and empower clients at the center of their care. Her passion as a doctor and mother, led her to advocate for increased ethics in medicine, specifically for women, children, and in personal care products. She is a creative entrepreneur and founded Deep living Wellness, a platform to empower families in making safe and supportive choices for their healthcare, skincare, and the planet.
Dr. Guin has assistant professor ranking and has taught at middle school, high school, undergrad, and post grad levels combined for over 20 years. She is currently adjunct faculty (and past clinic supervisor at the EJEA community clinic) at Bastyr University. She is also an adjunct instructor at UCSD Extended Studies and authored the courses she teaches including Medical Ethics for Allied Health Professionals and 2 sections of the NBHWC approved Health and Wellness certification program. Dr. Guin guest teaches at her alma mater, Loyola Marymount University in women’s health and is a board member for the EJEA charter schools, supporting inner city youth in obtaining the highest quality education and healthcare access available.
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