Discussion 2: The Impact of Social Condition on Vulnerable Groups
1. Discuss the factors that make these populations vulnerable.
According to the CDC (2015), Socioeconomic status (SES) is one of the key factors of social vulnerability. It includes employment, income, housing (e.g., homelessness), and education level. People with lower socioeconomic status more likely lack resources needed to follow emergency preparedness instructions (p. 2).
Being a youngster puts children at risk as a vulnerable group by virtue of not having yet to build up the assets, learning, or comprehension to successfully adapt to debacle, and they are more helpless to damage and ailment (CDC, 2015, p.2). For some individuals who are mentally or physically disabled …show more content…
According to Burkhardt & Nathaniel (2014), “Because nurses are professionals, we have a moral obligation to maintain fidelity-that is, we must be faithful to the promises made to society, and thus give priority to meeting the needs of each patient” (233). For example, Mrs. Escobar and his son arrived to a very known Catholic hospital located in the US. They showed signs and symptoms of a certain illness that may cause them to stay at the hospital for more than 2 days, but they didn’t have insurance. The nurses know that their hospital will cover them for free due to their income status, but the physician on shift does not want to take care of them since he feels that they are just undocumented immigrates taking free income from hard American working citizens because the father only speaks Spanish and the son has to talk for him. In this situation, I feel that the nurses should still take care of their two new patients to the best of their ability even though the physician is not incline …show more content…
4. How would you apply the principles of justice, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and autonomy to health care concerns with people in each of these groups?
In my opinion, the main way to apply all of these ethical principles to all of the vulnerable groups is to be a nurse who keeps and stays within the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing: Scope and standards of
1. Discuss the factors that make these populations vulnerable.
According to the CDC (2015), Socioeconomic status (SES) is one of the key factors of social vulnerability. It includes employment, income, housing (e.g., homelessness), and education level. People with lower socioeconomic status more likely lack resources needed to follow emergency preparedness instructions (p. 2).
Being a youngster puts children at risk as a vulnerable group by virtue of not having yet to build up the assets, learning, or comprehension to successfully adapt to debacle, and they are more helpless to damage and ailment (CDC, 2015, p.2). For some individuals who are mentally or physically disabled …show more content…
According to Burkhardt & Nathaniel (2014), “Because nurses are professionals, we have a moral obligation to maintain fidelity-that is, we must be faithful to the promises made to society, and thus give priority to meeting the needs of each patient” (233). For example, Mrs. Escobar and his son arrived to a very known Catholic hospital located in the US. They showed signs and symptoms of a certain illness that may cause them to stay at the hospital for more than 2 days, but they didn’t have insurance. The nurses know that their hospital will cover them for free due to their income status, but the physician on shift does not want to take care of them since he feels that they are just undocumented immigrates taking free income from hard American working citizens because the father only speaks Spanish and the son has to talk for him. In this situation, I feel that the nurses should still take care of their two new patients to the best of their ability even though the physician is not incline …show more content…
4. How would you apply the principles of justice, nonmaleficence, beneficence, and autonomy to health care concerns with people in each of these groups?
In my opinion, the main way to apply all of these ethical principles to all of the vulnerable groups is to be a nurse who keeps and stays within the American Nurses Association (ANA) Nursing: Scope and standards of