NURS 426C - Nursing Care of the Urban Population (Clinical Practicum)

1. Assess and prioritize the health needs of the selected families, groups and urban communities when using the nursing process.
2. Utilizing epidemiological methods of health promotion, maintenance, and restoration to identify the health status of the urban community.
3. Critically assess family crisis and coping patterns that may lead to child abuse.
4. Examine utility of selected models/framework and EBP findings as it relates to its usefulness in a diverse population within an urban setting.
5. Identify actual and potential risk factors affecting the family/communities.
6. Utilize various assessment models in designing care plans to groups, families, and urban communities.
7. Utilize diagnostic criteria for early detection of health problems.
8. Collaborate with clients in the formulation of care plan incorporating sociocultural and ethnic beliefs and values to define and prioritize problems.
9. Demonstrate competence when implementing primary, secondary or tertiary methods among the selected families, groups, or community.
10. Utilize current evidence based information to formulate and modify the nursing process of care planning, teaching, and problem solving for individuals, families, groups, and urban communities.