Vulnerable Populations Shanna HCA430 Margaret McGannon November 26th, 2012 It would seem that if asked, majority of the world has heard the term “hobo”. Most would find this word as a person who lives in a shelter or under an overpass and begs for handouts. What most who do not know is that there are a long list of reasons why this person is standing there begging for handouts and a tattered clothes, unshaven beard, an unseen smell that comes from them. Homeless people have existed throughout
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper Following long hours of thinking, outlining, investigating, and reading about different topics it was not easy to choose a vulnerable population. After going through the Neighborhood it became apparently clear that my desire is to write on the subject of the Down syndrome population. This vulnerable population is like no other. The individuals living with Down syndrome is a sub-group of people living with a genetic condition or a disorder and
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Vulnerable Populations- Somalia Refugees Vulnerable Populations- Somalia Refugees Referred to as the ‘Horn of Africa’, Somalia is located on the eastern tip of the continent of Africa. Somalia is bordered by Kenya to the southwest, Yemen to the north, and Ethiopia to the west, and a prosperous boating region on the Indian Ocean. Before it was inhabited by foreign countries, it has only been close to being a thriving country. History World states, “The land of Somali people, much of it arid and
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Vulnerable Populations A vulnerable population is one that is a minority group that I would consider to be at risk, set apart from others with social, economic status and prejudices. There are many different and diverse vulnerable populations in the world. People who are less likely to have access to quality healthcare would be included in a vulnerable population. There are many men, women and children that for whatever reason are homeless and do not have access to healthcare. According to
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Vulnerable Populations 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 into consideration. Approximately 26 percent of the U.S.
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Vulnerable Populations BSHS/320 The United States of America is the place known to many as the land of the free, home of the brave, and the place to start a better life. With any place that has good qualities, some have not so good qualities. The homeless population in the United States is at a staggering high, and many individuals are suffering because many lack employment/financial resources, housing resources, support from family and friends, and others negligence; such as natural disasters
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Vulnerable Population and Self-Awareness Paper NUR 440 Elizabeth Morris Monday, July 08, 2013 Professor Susan Maxwell The vulnerability of the Hispanic population in the United States is still widely unknown. Everyday we see more and more Hispanic patients coming into our healthcare facilities and we think we have learned so much from them, but there is still much more to learn. The Hispanic population is very different from the American culture. Their belief in the healthcare system in this
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Personal and Professional Health Care Communication Health Care Communication “Health communication is a subset of human communication that is concerned with how individuals deal with health-related issues” (Northouse & Northouse, 1998, p. 3). Adequate health care communication facilitates interdependence within the health care filed, and among health care providers. It can be verbal or nonverbal. Health care communication is crucial when coordinating activities for the benefit of the patients
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Vulnerable Population Essay Carly Rauch Wheeling Jesuit University MSN 525 April 04, 2013 Vulnerable Population Essay A vulnerable population is the state of a population or individual being vulnerable to a specific event or disease. A vulnerable population is a group of individuals who are in some way disadvantaged particularly having limited resources to healthcare. Vulnerable populations lack equity socially, demographically, geographically, and economically (Shi & Singh, 2013). These
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Vulnerable Populations Nursing 2312 2/13/12 The School of Health Sciences Division of Nursing RN-BSN Option I will discuss two theories and apply them to different vulnerable populations. Vulnerability is an important factor for nurses to consider when working with clients across the lifespan. Vulnerability is a result of uncontrollable individual factors over which the patient has no influence (Creasia & Feiberg, 2011). Vulnerability is a general concept meaning “susceptibility”
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