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    Vulnerable populations Despite efforts and goals in the United States to reduce or eliminate disparities in healthcare by 2010‚ significant disparities‚ including risk factors‚ access to healthcare‚ morbidity‚ and mortality‚ continues in vulnerable populations. For example‚ studies find that Americans living in poverty are much more likely to be in fair or poor health and have disabling conditions‚ and are less likely to have used many types of healthcare. I believe that more effort

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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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    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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    LATINO IMMIGRANTS IN THE UNITED STATES NUR/440 October 27‚2014 Deanna Radford “Latino Immigrants in the United States constitutes a paradigmatic case of a population group subject to a structural violence” (Stange‚ 2009). This group is considered to be in a very low level in the economy of the United States‚ and for this reason they are more prone to be abuse and violent than any others‚ and also due to the fact that some are undocumented they tend not to seek medical services due to fear

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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 the Workplace __________ NUR/440 4/15/13 Carol Dallred Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Nursing profession is a career with a vast field of different practices with different roles to choose from. This variety makes the nursing field a vulnerable profession for mistakes if not tackled with adequate educational and clinical training. Although there are different specialties for a nurse to choose from to continue their career‚ it is still necessary for every

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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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    Elderly as a Vulnerable Population According to the Cambridge Advanced Learner’s Dictionary (2002)‚ vulnerability is the ability to “Be easily physically‚ emotionally‚ or mentally hurt‚ influenced or attacked.” At any given time‚ anyone can become vulnerable. Demographically‚ the nature of society is changing. The population of older people is dramatically increasing. The U.S Census Bureau states that the population of people greater than 65 is projected to double by the year

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