Homeless Vulnerable Population
Homelessness Vulnerable Population
Eve Martinez
NUR/ 440
Karen Harriman
March 11, 13
The homeless population is a social group that is vulnerable because the homeless are at an increased risk for adverse health-related outcomes. Understanding the nature of homelessness and the relationship between resource availability, relative risks, and health status is critical for nurses to diagnose and treat health-related problems in this vulnerable population. (PubMed)
Poor health is both a cause and a result of homelessness. The National
Health Care for the Homeless Council (2008) estimates that 70% of
Health Care for the Homeless clients do not have health insurance. Moreover, approximately 14% of people treated by …show more content…
This Is why on admission Intake skills are very important. In Many hospitals they use tools that as series of questions to help you recognize if a patient is homeless. The Emergency room department are very experience with taking care of patients who are homeless. The most challenging part of the emergency room is finding follow up care for patient’s without health insurance or a way for the patient to find a way to pay for a prescription, Especially with the prescribing of antibiotics. Most of the time these types of patients have not seen a Medical Doctor in years not knowing how long they were walking around with certain diseases. Most of the time the medical team is overwhelmed with homeless patients who have many issues. We often wonder to ourselves, who will pay for their medication? Which physician can we send the patient that will not charge? Especially with newly diagnosed diabetic patients. How will they able to afford healthy foods? How will they check their blood sugar?
When dealing with the homeless patients we are sometimes biased, especially if the same homeless patient comes to the emergency room over and over again. We might think to ourselves “here we
Eve Martinez
NUR/ 440
Karen Harriman
March 11, 13
The homeless population is a social group that is vulnerable because the homeless are at an increased risk for adverse health-related outcomes. Understanding the nature of homelessness and the relationship between resource availability, relative risks, and health status is critical for nurses to diagnose and treat health-related problems in this vulnerable population. (PubMed)
Poor health is both a cause and a result of homelessness. The National
Health Care for the Homeless Council (2008) estimates that 70% of
Health Care for the Homeless clients do not have health insurance. Moreover, approximately 14% of people treated by …show more content…
This Is why on admission Intake skills are very important. In Many hospitals they use tools that as series of questions to help you recognize if a patient is homeless. The Emergency room department are very experience with taking care of patients who are homeless. The most challenging part of the emergency room is finding follow up care for patient’s without health insurance or a way for the patient to find a way to pay for a prescription, Especially with the prescribing of antibiotics. Most of the time these types of patients have not seen a Medical Doctor in years not knowing how long they were walking around with certain diseases. Most of the time the medical team is overwhelmed with homeless patients who have many issues. We often wonder to ourselves, who will pay for their medication? Which physician can we send the patient that will not charge? Especially with newly diagnosed diabetic patients. How will they able to afford healthy foods? How will they check their blood sugar?
When dealing with the homeless patients we are sometimes biased, especially if the same homeless patient comes to the emergency room over and over again. We might think to ourselves “here we