| This course seeks to enhance professional nurses’ expertise in health assessment by broadening and deepening their comfort with and knowledge of healthcare system barriers to equitable and inclusive care. Current practices, particularly typical health assessment practices, are critiqued and opportunities for creating a clinical milieu and care encounter experience that are respectful and excellent are investigated. Physical examination, patient/client interviewing, history-taking and diagnostic tests are explored from the perspective of diversity, equity, and inclusion during care delivery, particularly health assessment. LGBTQ+ and other marginalized groups’ health assessment needs are explicated and explored. |