NSG 3130 Exam 2 Questions with Correct
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Vulnerability susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that
may lead to an adverse effect
results from the interaction of internal and
external factors that cause a person to be
susceptible to poor health
vulnerable populations those groups with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes
more likely than the general population to suffer
from heath disparities
health disparities the wide variations in health services and health
status among certain population groups
,vulnerable population are more -develop health problems as a result of exposure
likely to.... to risk or to have worse outcomes from those
health problems than the population as a whole
-be sensitive to risk factors bc they are often
exposed to cumulative risk factors
-results from combined effects of limited
physical, environmental etc resources
List of vulnerable population -poor and homeless persons
groups -pregnant adolescents
-migrant workers
-severely mentally ill individuals
-substance abusers
-abused persons
-perons w/ communicable disease
-persons with HIV, HepB, STDS
-racial and ethnic minorities
Factors contributing to vulnerability -social determinants of health (economic status,
poverty, lack of insurance)
-education
-environmental factors
-nutrition, stress
-prejudice
-health status (age, changes in normal
physiology)
, Outcomes of vulnerability -neg or post
-often have worse health outcomes in terms of
morbidity and mortality
-cycle to vulnerability (sometimes when one
problem is solved, another quickly emerges--
>feelings of hopelessness)
Predictors of populations at risk -social status: age, sex, race
-social capitol: family structure, marital status,
volunteer org, social networks
**marriage usually is helpful but not in veterans
returning to civilian life
-populations at risk: high, lower
-human capitol: schools, jobs, income, housing
Disempowerment lack of power or control over critical resources
Victim blaming blaming individual for things outside of their
control
disenfranchisement feeling of separation from mainstream society
disadvantaged status limited political power or control in minority
groups over potential and actual health needs in
a system that focuses on the majority
Answers and Rationale | New 2026 Update |
Galen College of Nursing
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Terms in this set (173)
Vulnerability susceptibility to actual or potential stressors that
may lead to an adverse effect
results from the interaction of internal and
external factors that cause a person to be
susceptible to poor health
vulnerable populations those groups with increased risk for adverse
health outcomes
more likely than the general population to suffer
from heath disparities
health disparities the wide variations in health services and health
status among certain population groups
,vulnerable population are more -develop health problems as a result of exposure
likely to.... to risk or to have worse outcomes from those
health problems than the population as a whole
-be sensitive to risk factors bc they are often
exposed to cumulative risk factors
-results from combined effects of limited
physical, environmental etc resources
List of vulnerable population -poor and homeless persons
groups -pregnant adolescents
-migrant workers
-severely mentally ill individuals
-substance abusers
-abused persons
-perons w/ communicable disease
-persons with HIV, HepB, STDS
-racial and ethnic minorities
Factors contributing to vulnerability -social determinants of health (economic status,
poverty, lack of insurance)
-education
-environmental factors
-nutrition, stress
-prejudice
-health status (age, changes in normal
physiology)
, Outcomes of vulnerability -neg or post
-often have worse health outcomes in terms of
morbidity and mortality
-cycle to vulnerability (sometimes when one
problem is solved, another quickly emerges--
>feelings of hopelessness)
Predictors of populations at risk -social status: age, sex, race
-social capitol: family structure, marital status,
volunteer org, social networks
**marriage usually is helpful but not in veterans
returning to civilian life
-populations at risk: high, lower
-human capitol: schools, jobs, income, housing
Disempowerment lack of power or control over critical resources
Victim blaming blaming individual for things outside of their
control
disenfranchisement feeling of separation from mainstream society
disadvantaged status limited political power or control in minority
groups over potential and actual health needs in
a system that focuses on the majority
