NUR440 Health Assessment And Promotion For Vulnerable Population
Course Description
This course is designed to assist professional nurses in developing interviewing skills, refinement of a health assessment, and preventative health interventions when working with diverse and vulnerable populations. The importance of therapeutic communication in performing a health assessment is emphasized.
Topics and Objectives
Vulnerable Populations
- Describe the characteristics of vulnerable populations.
- Compare definitions, nursing theories, and models, as applied to vulnerable populations.
- Recognize personal and cultural attitudes and behaviors toward vulnerable populations.
Assessment Process
- Identify transcultural considerations in assessment.
- Describe demographics of a selected vulnerable population.
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Choose an appropriate assessment tool based on a given population.
Cultural Competence, Resilience and Advocacy
- Describe strategies to ensure culturally competent programs.
- Identify desired outcomes of health promotion interventions.
- Examine goals of Healthy People 2020, as related to vulnerable populations.
Programs and Practices of Health Promotion
- Describe collaboration among support personnel to meet the needs of various populations.
- Discuss therapeutic communication techniques.
- Provide examples of population advocacy in health care.
- Identify barriers to health care for vulnerable populations.
Wellness Interventions
- Identify available resources using data from organizations and systems.
- Describe client health expectations.
- Discuss the nurse's role in meeting the needs of various populations.
- Identify barriers to understanding vulnerable populations.
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