NURS305 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Canadian Nurses Association, Health Assessment, Nonverbal Communication
23 Dec 2016
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Goal: students will gain general knowledge of nursing health assessment. Promote health and wellness of individuals, families, and communities, mitigate suffering. Engage in primary, secondary and tertiary prevention strategies. (levels of. Health promotion is more global, whereas primary secondary and tertiary is more focused. Health promotion determinants of health, drivers of health. Primary prevention washing hands, sunscreen, immunize. Secondary prevention screening! self-inspection, screening families during outbreaks. Tertiary prevention wound care, teach the individual to look after the wound, rehab. Provide care across the lifespan from before birth to death. We also develop policy, drive change, coordinate teams, teach, conduct research and lead organizations. Over 30 000 nurses registered with carna in alberta. Looking into the code of ethics, it tells us who we are and what we offer to the public. Cna guide not just for rns, but also for rn students. Diagnosing in nursing what can we do in the present and future to help with their wellness.
