Assess the health, healthcare, and emergency preparedness needs of a defined  population.

9.  Use clinical judgment and decision­making skills in appropriate, timely nursing  care during disaster, mass casualty, and other emergency situations.

10. Collaborate with others to develop an intervention plan that takes into account  determinants of health, available resources, and the range of activities that  contribute to health and the prevention of illness, injury, disability, and premature  death.

11. Participate in clinical prevention and population­focused interventions with  attention to effectiveness, efficiency, cost­effectiveness, and equity.

12. Advocate for social justice, including a commitment to the health of vulnerable  populations and the elimination of health disparities.

13. Use evaluation results to influence the delivery of care, deployment of resources,  and to provide input into the development of policies to promote health and  prevent disease.

Sample Content

•  prevention and harm reduction •  ecological model as framework for understanding determinants of health •  public health principles •  fundamentals of epidemiology and biostatistics (distribution, incidence, prevalence,

rates, risk factors, health status indicators, and control of disease in populations) •  public health core functions •  systems theory •  ethical, legal, and economic principles related to clinical prevention and population

health •  cultural, psychological, and spiritual implications of clinical prevention and

population health •  environmental health risks •  health literacy •  health behavior change theories •  theoretical foundations and principles of individual and population­focused

education and counseling •  genetics and genomics •  nutrition •  global health •  occupational health, including ergonomics

26  evidence­based clinical prevention practices •  complementary and alternative therapies •  population assessment •  individual and population­focused interventions (e.g. weight control, nicotine

management, social marketing, policy development) •  health surveillance •  health disparities and vulnerable populations •  screening •  immunization •  pharmaceutical preventive strategies •  communicating and sharing health information with the public •  risk communication •  emergency preparedness and disaster response including self protection •  using technology in population focused care and clinical prevention •  outcome measurement •  pedigree from a three­generation family health history using standardized symbols

and terminology

Essential VIII: Professionalism and Professional Values

Rationale

Professional values and their associated behaviors are foundational to the practice of  nursing. Inherent in professional practice is an understanding of the historical, legal, and  contemporary context of nursing practice.