Vulnerability as a concept
The role of nursing, specifically APRNs, in health promotion and disease prevention
Section 2 (Content can be found in Week 2 and 3)
Vulnerability as a concept
Health disparities
Cultural competency as a provider
Defining resilience and applying to the vulnerable
Advocacy role as a provider
Vulnerable people, groups, populations, and societal views: Sinner versus victim (Mechanic and Tanner, 2005)
Section 3 (Content can be found in Week 2 through 4. Don’t forget to use the media/website/video links, as they will provide a lot of great information). Focus on your specific vulnerable population group
Introduce your vulnerable population: sinner or victim?
Social justice related to your population
Low literacy within your population and how this affects their health
Evaluate your vulnerable population related to current Healthy People Initiative guidelines.
Discuss one primary health concern for your population and include the preventive guideline related to this concern and how you might motivate this group to make behavioral changes.
Discuss use of Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with your vulnerable population – pros and cons. How can community-level plans/interventions influence individual and family health?
Discuss what resources are available within your community for your specific population and vulnerable populations in general.
Section 4
The conclusion of your paper should bring all your information together.
Discuss an approach for improving health literacy within your population
Discuss how, as an APRN, you can impact vulnerable individuals in your community.
Conclude with a summary of how we as a nation are doing with health promotion and disease prevention.
Note: This assignment is to be submitted in an APA paper format (that is, title page, title, introduction and purpose statement, body of the paper with a conclusion, appropriate citations and reference page(s) along with attachments) as was your SmartThinking Report. Please make sure that ALL paragraphs are well developed, and have five to six sentences each, with citations for validity.
Please refer to the Grading Rubric for details on how the final submission of paper will be graded.
