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yoooooman · **on:** Jul 22, 2018

A nurse is providing screening at a health fair. Which finding indicates the person may be a vulnerable patient who is most likely to develop health problems?

a. One who is pregnant
b. One who has excessive risks
c. One who has unlimited access to health care
d. One who uses nontraditional healing practices

Question 2

The instructor is teaching student nurses about identifying members of vulnerable populations when the nursing student asks, Why is it that not all poor people are considered members of vulnerable populations? How should the nurse respond?

a. All poor people are members of a vulnerable population.
b. Poor people are members of a vulnerable population only if they take drugs.
c. Poor people are members of a vulnerable population only if they are homeless.
d. Members of vulnerable groups frequently have a combination of risk factors.

Toya9913 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 22, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
Vulnerable populations are the patients who are more likely to develop health problems as a result of excess risks or limits in access to health care services or who are dependent on others for care. Pregnancy is not a cause of vulnerability, except in cases where the mother is an adolescent, is addicted to drugs, or is at high risk for other reasons. A person who has unlimited access to health care is not vulnerable. Frequently, the immigrant population practices nontraditional healing practices. Many of these healing practices are effective and complement traditional therapies.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Members of vulnerable groups frequently have many risks or a combination of risk factors that make them more sensitive to the negative effects of individual risk factors. Individual risk factors are not always overwhelming, depending on the patient's beliefs and values and sources of social support.