NUR 3678 - Nursing Care of Vulnerable Populations

3 Credit Hours
(Offered as needed)

Caring for the vulnerable members of society is a function nurses perform without regard for their own ambitions, personal safety, and financial security. This course is designed to pull together material from different cultures and at risk groups of individuals considered vulnerable populations. Key concepts will be discussed that will provide a basic structure for caring for the vulnerable, the relevance of nursing theories to vulnerable populations, nursing research showing the kinds of phenomena nurses study, and many ideas about learning to work with and advocate for vulnerable individuals.