Vulnerable Population in Current Event Paper Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations are those who don’t quiet have access to healthcare‚ which put them at greater than average risk of developing health problems‚ they as well has limited access to economic America. Immigrants and the poor (including the working poor) have limited access to health care because of the way insurance is obtained. Children‚ women‚ and the elderly are vulnerable to a host of healthcare problems‚ notably violence
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Vulnerable Populations Kathleen King- Materio BSHS/302 10/01/2012 Maryann Sorrell Vulnerable Populations All communities contain a mentally ill population. Their behavior is considered to be inappropriate and abnormal. Every society has cultivated solutions in which to treat the mentally ill in order to prevent disruption of the strong civil function. Normal behavior varies through generations and societies. When deciding if a person is mentally ill‚ the generation and culture must be taken
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Assessment Tool Analysis Paper Direct participation with vulnerable populations often causes students to develop a better understanding of self and their own strengths and weaknesses. Students develop skills in problem solving‚ critical thinking‚ leadership‚ and ethical decision-making. An increased sense of civic responsibility‚ increased political and global awareness‚ and development of cultural competence may also be outcomes (Mueller & Norton‚ 1998) developed the Perceived Stress Scale
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Vulnerable Population in Current Events Michele M Maiorano NUR/440 February 11‚ 2013 Nita A. Magee-Cornelius‚ RN‚ MSN‚ PhD(c) Vulnerable Population in Current Events A way of defining a vulnerable population is addressing it as a group of people who are at risk for developing health problems (de Chesnay & Anderson‚ 2012‚ p. 5). It is not partial to age‚ gender‚ or nationality. In this case‚ it is the pediatric population. According to Allison Kempe‚ who was the lead in a recent research
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Vulnerable Population Homeless Persons University of Phoenix By: Diana Thornton August 24‚ 2009 What does the word population and Vulnerable mean? Population means the whole number of people or inhabitants in a country or region. Vulnerable population is defined as individuals made vulnerable by: Financial circumstances or place of residence Health age Functional or developmental status Ability to communicate effectively Presence of chronic or terminal illness or disability
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Vulnerable Populations in the Workplace Nursing 440 Depression in the Oncology Patient Imagine you are going to the doctor for an annual check-up. No real problems have plagued you over the past year‚ except a few colds. However‚ the past few weeks you have been extremely tired. The doctor‚ being thorough‚ decides they want some blood work drawn. A day after getting the blood work the phone rings. The doctor wants you to have more blood work done because there has apparently been a mistake
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Vulnerable populations La Donna F. Manuel HCA430: Special Populations Instructor: Nancy Silva October 14‚ 2012 Vulnerable populations Vulnerable populations include the economically disadvantaged‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ the un insured‚ low-income children‚ the elderly‚ the homeless‚ those with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‚ and those with other chronic health conditions‚ including severe mental illness.(Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
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Running head: Children: A Vulnerable Population Children: A Vulnerable Population Children: A Vulnerable Population When thinking of vulnerable populations‚ at first thought one thinks of culture and minorities. Regardless of race‚ gender‚ ethnic background‚ or age children are classified as being vulnerable. Children are dependent on adults for virtually everything and it is this aspect that makes them vulnerable. From health care‚ nutrition‚ emotional‚ and social
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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
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Vulnerable Population Paper – Premature Infants University of Phoenix Vulnerable Population Paper – Premature Infants The word “vulnerability” stems from the Latin vulnerare‚ which means‚ “to wound”. (Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary‚ 1995) In a clinical setting‚ the term vulnerable can be applied to many different kinds of patients. The purpose of this paper is to address a vulnerable population within a community. The vulnerable population this author chose to focus on will be
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