NUR 403 Exam #2 Questions With
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vulnerable populations correct answer: those at greater risk for
poor healthcare access and thus poor health outcomes
factors contributing to substandard care for vulnerable
populations correct answer: miscommunication and health
literacy issues
fragmented care
transportation issues and financial means
power dynamics (intimidation in elderly patients)
prejudice/stigma
historical distrust of the healthcare system (Tuskegee Syphilis,
Henrietta Lacks)
majority of healthcare outcomes are attributed to... correct
answer: physical environment and socio-economic factors
health dispairities correct answer: preventable differences in the
burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve
optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged
populations
resilience correct answer: ability to resist the effects of
vulnerability, adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma,
tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress such as
family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or
workplace and financial stressors
, human capital correct answer: all of the strengths, knowledge,
and skills that enable a person to live a productive, happy life
disenfranchisement correct answer: feel separated from
mainstream society, invisible to society (very poor, homeless,
migrant workers), forgotten in health and social planning
hopelessness correct answer: results from feelings of
powerlessness and social isolation; can occur if not resilient, feel
disenfranchised
vulnerable population groups of special concern correct answer:
those in poverty, homeless, pregnant teens, mentally ill, people
with addiction, LGBT
causes of poverty correct answer: decreased earnings, single
mothers, lack of child support, inadequate education/job skills,
disabilities
characteristics of health disparities correct answer: inadequate
nutrition, higher rates of chronic illness (DM, asthma, HTN),
higher infant mortality rates, more complications and higher
mortality rates
"blameless" poverty correct answer: widowed women, children,
laborers injured on the job, elderly people
NOT "blameless" poverty correct answer: illicit drug users and
people with addictions
people experiencing homelessness
Complete Solutions
vulnerable populations correct answer: those at greater risk for
poor healthcare access and thus poor health outcomes
factors contributing to substandard care for vulnerable
populations correct answer: miscommunication and health
literacy issues
fragmented care
transportation issues and financial means
power dynamics (intimidation in elderly patients)
prejudice/stigma
historical distrust of the healthcare system (Tuskegee Syphilis,
Henrietta Lacks)
majority of healthcare outcomes are attributed to... correct
answer: physical environment and socio-economic factors
health dispairities correct answer: preventable differences in the
burden of disease, injury, violence, or opportunities to achieve
optimal health experienced by socially disadvantaged
populations
resilience correct answer: ability to resist the effects of
vulnerability, adapting well in the face of adversity, trauma,
tragedy, threats, or even significant sources of stress such as
family and relationship problems, serious health problems, or
workplace and financial stressors
, human capital correct answer: all of the strengths, knowledge,
and skills that enable a person to live a productive, happy life
disenfranchisement correct answer: feel separated from
mainstream society, invisible to society (very poor, homeless,
migrant workers), forgotten in health and social planning
hopelessness correct answer: results from feelings of
powerlessness and social isolation; can occur if not resilient, feel
disenfranchised
vulnerable population groups of special concern correct answer:
those in poverty, homeless, pregnant teens, mentally ill, people
with addiction, LGBT
causes of poverty correct answer: decreased earnings, single
mothers, lack of child support, inadequate education/job skills,
disabilities
characteristics of health disparities correct answer: inadequate
nutrition, higher rates of chronic illness (DM, asthma, HTN),
higher infant mortality rates, more complications and higher
mortality rates
"blameless" poverty correct answer: widowed women, children,
laborers injured on the job, elderly people
NOT "blameless" poverty correct answer: illicit drug users and
people with addictions
people experiencing homelessness
