Food insecurity: What the nurse needs to know related to caring for patients and food insecurity

Abstract

Food insecurity has been identified as potentially the most impactful social determinant of health. More than 2 billion people are without food or unable to eat a healthy balanced diet worldwide according to the United Nations. Food insecurity has been noted to be associated with multiple chronic health conditions that nurses see each day in practice, however, a knowledge gap exists about the nurses' role in food insecurity. This webinar will discuss what food insecurity is, how food insecurity impacts a patient's health, and the nurses' role related to patient care and food insecurity.

Learning Outcomes:

- Identify what food insecurity is and how it impacts national and global healthcare

- Describe how food insecurity impacts a patient's health

- Explain the nurses' role related to patient care and food insecurity

Description

Sigma Nursing Contributing Professional Development (NCPD) Opportunity:

This NCPD opportunity will be available for contact hours three (3) years from the Repository Posting Date below.

To earn NCPD contact hours for this webinar, log in to your My Courses Dashboard using your Sigma username and password.

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NCPD questions? Please contact education@sigmanursing.org.

Accreditation: Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Notes

This webinar is a part of Ms. Anders' DNP quality improvement project with the University of Missouri.

This item record contains an embedded video.

Video Length: 1 hour, 1 second

This item record represents a recording of a live webinar held at a previous date. Any references to audience participation, login codes, etc. are no longer applicable.

Author Details

Linda Anders, MBA, MSN, RN, CSRN, NPD-BC, Nursing Education Programing Manager

Sigma Membership

Chi Rho

Lead Author Affiliation

Sigma Theta Tau International, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

Type

Presentation - Webinar

Format Type

Text-based Document, Video Recording

Study Design/Type

Expert Opinion (nationally/internationally recognized)

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

Food Insecurity, Social Determinants of Health, Patient Care

Publisher

Sigma Theta Tau International

Version

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Review Type

None: Educational Material, None: Reputation-based Submission

Acquisition

Publisher-submission

Date of Issue

2023-05-03

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