Community health nurses are tasked with identifying unserved and ...

[joe]

Community health nurses are tasked with identifying unserved and underserved populations in communities. Which factors should the nurse look for? Select all that apply.
 
  A) Sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence against women, men, and children
  B) Increase in number of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Americans
  C) Increase in number of Americans older than 65 years
  D) Effects of free trade on government programs
  E) Lack of continuing education programs for health care community

Question 2

Which statement best defines health disparities?
 
  A) Gaps between rich and poor, including poverty and health insurance, plus geographic, racial, ethnic disparities
  B) Social, economic, and political issues where inequality, poverty, exploitation, violence, and injustice are at the root of ill health and the death of the poor and marginalized people
  C) The increased economic, political, social, technological, and intellectual interconnectedness of the world
  D) The health issues that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed by cooperative actions

[Heffejeff]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A, B, C, D
Nurses can identify unserved and underserved populations in communities by looking for those factors shaping 21st-century health care. These include the effects of sexual violence, stalking, and intimate partner violence against women, men, and children; the growing number of Asian, Pacific Islander, and Hispanic Americans as well as those Americans older than 65 years; and the effects of free trade on government programs, especially in resource-poor areas. Although it is important for community health nurses to ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce, a lack of continuing education programs would not affect the identification of unserved and underserved populations.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: A
Health disparities are differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and other adverse health conditions that exist among specific population groups in the United States. Globalization is a term used to refer to the increasing economic, political, social, technological, and intellectual interconnectedness of the world. Health is a social, economic, and political issue where inequality, poverty, exploitation, violence, and injustice are at the root of ill health and the death of poor and marginalized people. Global health is health issues that transcend national boundaries and may best be addressed by cooperative actions.