Problem: Inclusion, Equity and Diversity
A. Discuss how health disparities involve health outcomes that may be greater or lesser among different populations and other vulnerable client groups compared to populations in the majority or dominant populations.
B. Describe nurses will encounter clients who have various sex and gender identities, including transgender and sexual minority groups.
C. Discuss how certified medical interpreters are professionals who can translate one language to another for communication purposes regarding health care.
D. Discuss how cultural health assessments assist nurses in planning and providing culturally competent nursing care.
E. Describe how culture is holistic in that it is all-encompassing of each individual client and affects the way clients live their life, view the world, and perceive and receive health care.
F. Identify vulnerable populations are groups of people who are at higher risk for poor health outcomes owing to their barriers to obtaining social, economic, and environmental resources, including limitations due to illness or disability