Posted: July 14th, 2016

What is the difference between a group at risk for poor health and a group considered a “vulnerable” population?

group at risk for poor health

For Topic 3 DQ 1 What is the difference between a group at risk for poor health and a group considered a “vulnerable” population? Provide an example of a group at risk and a group considered a vulnerable population.

Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. What would you advocate for?

For Topic 3 DQ 2

How can community health nurses apply the strategies of cultural competence to their practice? Provide at least one example from each of the following four strategies: cultural preservation, cultural accommodation, cultural repatterning, and cultural brokering. What is a possible barrier to applying the strategy/example chosen? Use an example that is different than the postings of other students.