A Nurse Is Teaching a Class About Vulnerable Populations

question 14

Multiple Choice

A nurse is teaching a class about vulnerable populations. The nurse explains that, according to one public health expert, communities have divided vulnerable population into three groups. Which of the following is not one of the three groups identified?

• A)An undeserving group suffering as a result of their behavior
• B)Children of parents who made "bad decisions"
• C)A deserving group who became vulnerable through as an "act of God"
• D)A deserving group who became vulnerable due to their ethnicity or race

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Definitions:

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