Vulnerable Population Vulnerable populations include children‚ the elderly‚ the homeless‚ those with chronic health conditions‚ economically disadvantaged‚ the racial and ethnic minorities‚ immigrants‚ and refugees. Vulnerability may arise from community‚ individual or larger population challenges. Immigrants have been identified as a vulnerable population‚ but there is heterogeneity in the degree to which they are vulnerable to inadequate health care. Factors that affect immigrants’ vulnerability
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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 populations in the United States include economically disadvantaged‚ racial and ethnic minorities‚ low-income children‚ the elderly‚ homeless‚ people living with HIV and other chronic medical conditions that include mental illness. Other factors that contribute to these populations are a lack of healthcare‚ poverty‚ social‚ environmental factors and lack of education. Vulnerable populations divided into three categories physical‚ psychological‚ and social. The vulnerability may arise
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Unit 11 Safeguarding Adults: Assignment 2 P4 Outline key legislation and regulations‚ which govern safeguarding adults work: There are various legislations in place that are used to protect vulnerable adults and their health and wellbeing‚ but they also take into consideration their own individuals needs. The legislations in place include: Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006: The purpose of this legislation is in place to protect vulnerable groups. Vulnerable groups individuals who require
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Organizational Design Shirlie Jones HCS 514 July 22‚ 2013 Lisa Keener Organizational Design The organizational design depends on the objectives and strategy of the organization. In a centralized structure the top layer of management has most of the decision- making power and has tight control over departments and divisions. In a decentralized structure the decision making power is distributed and the departments and divisions may have a different degree of independence (BusinessDictionary
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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 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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Tittle: protection *click* Intro: Some people say that the government should be more responsible for damage done to the environment by harmful corporations. A reason behind this maybe is that the government holds all the supremacy. Other people disagree and say that the government should not be responsible for protecting environments for damaging corporations. Other people may say this since the government has many other problems that are at a higher priority. The government should be more responsible
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P4: Outline key legislation and regulation which govern safeguarding adults work. Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act: The purpose is to restrict contact between children and vulnerable adults and those who might do them harm. The barring aspects of the Act came into force in October 2009. The Government is currently reviewing the implementation timetable for other parts of the Act‚ such as the provisions requiring employees to become ‘ISA-registered’. While the 2006 Act itself is very complex
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Priorities and Responses Fire can be a very dangerous thing and is very unpredictable‚ this is why it may cause panic in the if you are at the scene of one. The first step in when a fire is happening is too let everyone in the building know what is going on‚ you do this by raising the fire alarm for everyone to hear‚ and then for someone to ring emergency services. Although it may cause panic and distress it must be done so people start evacuating the building. However the health care professional
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