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...
NUR 403 Exam #2 Questions with Correct Answers
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
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