This topic contains a solution. Click here to go to the answer

Author Question: Nurses throughout history and in modern times have been concerned about vulnerable populations. To ... (Read 77 times)

bobthebuilder

  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 567
Nurses throughout history and in modern times have been concerned about vulnerable populations. To understand how to assist these populations, the nurse must first understand that the term vulnerable refers to what population?
 
  A) Process in which individuals in certain groups seem not to matter to the rest of society.
  B) Focus on the health needs of populations who have been relegated to the margins of society.
  C) Treat someone or something as if the individual is of no consequence or is unimportant.
  D) Social group who experiences limited resources and consequent high relative risk for morbidity and premature mortality.

Question 2

The community health nurse is reviewing the needs of vulnerable groups in the community. To focus more specifically, what group would be the best representation of a vulnerable population?
 
  A) Men
  B) Caucasians
  C) Heterosexuals
  D) Individuals with HIV/AIDS



Related Topics

Need homework help now?

Ask unlimited questions for free

Ask a Question
Marked as best answer by a Subject Expert

Ddddd

  • Sr. Member
  • ****
  • Posts: 334
Answer to Question 1

Ans: D
Vulnerable stems from the Latin word vulnare, which means to wound. This terminology implies that the wounded or the less than perfect are not particularly valued and easily marginalized. By using the terminology of marginalization instead, the emphasis is societal. Vulnerable populations are social groups who experience limited resources and consequent high relative risk for morbidity and premature mortality. The word marginalizes means to treat someone or something as if he or she is of no consequence or is unimportant. Marginalization conveys a process in which individuals in certain groups seem not to matter or to be of little concern to the rest of society, thus falling beyond the margins. To marginalize or be marginalized may be more accurate terminology than the concept of vulnerability, which may imply a degree of blaming the victim.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Vulnerable groups in a review of five decades of nursing research included people of color; the poor; and those individuals marginalized by sexual preference, immigrant/refugee status, and religious beliefs. Vulnerable groups, including minorities, women, children, and those with disabilities, are more susceptible to infectious diseases, especially HIV/AIDS and sexually transmitted infections (STIs). Individuals or groups who live on the fringes or margins of society, lack key resources, and are most often underserved or not served at all, particularly in health care systems, are considered marginalized. Included among marginalized groups are the homeless, immigrants, migrants, and those with chronic disabilities.





 

Did you know?

There used to be a metric calendar, as well as metric clocks. The metric calendar, or "French Republican Calendar" divided the year into 12 months, but each month was divided into three 10-day weeks. Each day had 10 decimal hours. Each hour had 100 decimal minutes. Due to lack of popularity, the metric clocks and calendars were ended in 1795, three years after they had been first marketed.

Did you know?

Patients who cannot swallow may receive nutrition via a parenteral route—usually, a catheter is inserted through the chest into a large vein going into the heart.

Did you know?

An identified risk factor for osteoporosis is the intake of excessive amounts of vitamin A. Dietary intake of approximately double the recommended daily amount of vitamin A, by women, has been shown to reduce bone mineral density and increase the chances for hip fractures compared with women who consumed the recommended daily amount (or less) of vitamin A.

Did you know?

A headache when you wake up in the morning is indicative of sinusitis. Other symptoms of sinusitis can include fever, weakness, tiredness, a cough that may be more severe at night, and a runny nose or nasal congestion.

Did you know?

Hippocrates noted that blood separates into four differently colored liquids when removed from the body and examined: a pure red liquid mixed with white liquid material with a yellow-colored froth at the top and a black substance that settles underneath; he named these the four humors (for blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile).

For a complete list of videos, visit our video library