Class Resources - NUR 413 - Holistic Health Assessment - Subject/Research Guides at Wilmington University Library

Click on the links below to read scholarly opinions and Research on important topics in your course. Consider watching a video.

Pain Assessment & Cultural Assessment

Cultural Competence Training for Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: An Intervention to Increase Culturally Competent Care (2017) Debiasi, L. B., & Selleck, C. S. (2017). Cultural Competence Training for Primary Care Nurse Practitioners: An Intervention to Increase Culturally Competent Care. Journal of Cultural Diversity, 24(2), 39–45.
Ethics and Defining Cultural Competence. Global ethics calls upon the discipline of nursing to critically evaluate personal and culture-based beliefs to nurture professionalism in relationships and improve health disparities. What does it potentially mean to provide nurse services based on culture and cultural competence? This article begins a discussion of potential ethical questions that surround the concept of culture and potential implications for education and practice from a nursing theoretical perspective.
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Milton, C. L. (2016). Ethics and defining cultural competence. Nursing Science Quarterly, 29(1), 21-23. doi:10.1177/0894318415614624
Cultural competence in healthcare: Our learning from 2017-2020 will shape our future (2020) Biles, J. (2020). Cultural competence in healthcare: Our learning from 2017-2020 will shape our future. Australian Nursing & Midwifery Journal, 26(11), 20–25.
Discussing Sexual Health with Older Clients: Are Primary Health Care Nurses Sufficiently Prepared? (2017) MOANA, B., CRAWFORD, R., & ISAAC, D. (2017). Discussing Sexual Health with Older Clients: Are Primary Health Care Nurses Sufficiently Prepared? Whitireia Nursing & Health Journal, 24, 63–67.
Pain Assessment in Children (2019) Avital, O., & Schub, T. (2019). Pain Assessment in Children. CINAHL Nursing Guide.
Using Valid and Reliable Tools for Pain and Sedation Assessment in Pediatric Patients (2019) Miller-Hoover, S. R. (2019). Using Valid and Reliable Tools for Pain and Sedation Assessment in Pediatric Patients. Critical Care Nurse, 39(3), 59–66. https://doi-org.mylibrary.wilmu.edu/10.4037/ccn2019713
Physical Examination - Definition (2018) Fallon, L. F., Jr., (2018). Physical Examination. In J. L. Longe (Ed.), The Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health (4th ed., Vol. 5, pp. 2793-2796). Gale. https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX3662600897/GVRL?u=new90507&sid=bookmark-GVRL&xid=9368ec5c

Comprehensive and Holistic Health Assessment

CDC's Community Health Needs Assessment Website
Community Health Assessment - Definition (2014)
Health Assessments in Primary Care
Government document produced in 2013
Nursing Admission Assessment and Examination (2019)
From NLMNIHDHHSUSA.gov National Center for Biotechnology Information, U.S. National Library of Medicine

Subjective versus Objective Assessments

Objective Vs. Subjective Data: How to tell the difference in Nursing
article by a nurse with situational examples

Nursing Web Resources

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Information on this site can be useful for professionals and the general public. Highlights of the site include a link to “faststats” health related statistics organized by state or major illness. The A-Z index lists more than 500 health related topics and diseases or visitors can easily search the entire site by using their searchbox.
Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) on PubMed The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM) partnered to create this database, which is a subset of PubMed.
Health (United States) Core reference source for government-compiled health statistics. Provides trend tables that are updated as new data becomes available.
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report Contains statistics on selected diseases reported to the Center for Disease Control by state health departments.
National Center for Health Statistics / CDC Includes data on vital events, health status, lifestyle, exposure to unhealthy events, the onset and diagnosis of illness and disability, and the use of healthcare.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality - National Guideline Clearinghouse NGC is a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines.
The National Institute of Nursing Research A website within formation about conferences, events, publications, scientific advances and links to other excellent sites.
The United States Department of Health and Human Services Their site contains extensive links to reference material such as encyclopedias, dictionaries, reports, online publications.
Merck Manuals Online Medical Library As a service to the community, the content of The Manuals is now available in enhanced online versions as part of The Merck Manuals Online Medical Library. The Online Medical Library is updated periodically with new information, and contains photographs, and audio and video material not present in the print versions.
Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine Site produced by the Oxford-Centre for Evidence Based Medicine. Includes sections on learning, doing, and teaching evidence-based medicine. Toolbox includes tips on asking focused clinical questions, searching MEDLINE for the best evidence, and a glossary of terms.
Free Medical Journals
A website that offers a directory of online journals freely available on the web. Journals are organized by both title and specialty.
Medline Plus This site, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine, contains a wealth of information including news, tutorials, a dictionary,a medical encyclopedia, surgery videos, and links to additional “resources that provide online health information.”
The University of Delaware Internet resources for nurses.
American Nurses Association
Nursing Theory Page
Nursing Theory Link Page
The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing A free peer-reviewed online journal published jointly by The American Nurses Association and the Kent State University College of Nursing. “It presents different perspectives on topics that affect nursing practice, research, and education, thus enabling readers to understand the full complexity of a particular topic.”

Health Assessment Free eBook

The Complete Subjective Health Assessment by Jennifer L. Lapum, Oona St-Amant, Michelle Hughes,
Publication Date: 2019 eBook
This textbook is designed for the novice learner who is seeking to develop a foundational understanding of the complete subjective health assessment in the context of health and illness.