Health Assessment and Promotion of Vulnerable Populations

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

  • Identify vulnerable populations
  • Examine definitions, theories, and models of health as applied to populations.
  • Examine self-awareness of culture in attitudes and behaviors.
  • Relate Watson's Theory of Human Caring to vulnerable populations.

Assessment Process

  • Identify demographics of a selected vulnerable population
  • Identify transcultural considerations in assessment
  • Examine various types of assessment tools

Cultural Competence, Resilience, and Advocacy

  • Describe strategies to ensure culturally competent programs.
  • Identify desired outcomes of health promotion interventions
  • Examine goals of Healthy People 2010

Programs and Practices of Health Promotion

  • Describe collaboration between health professionals to meet the needs of various populations
  • Discuss therapeutic communication techniques
  • Give examples of population advocacy in health care
  • Identify barriers to decreasing health disparities and vulnerability

Wellness Interventions

  • Identify available resources
  • Describe clients' health expectations
  • Discuss the nurses' role in meeting the needs of various populations
  • Identify barriers in the workplace to understanding vulnerable populations

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