Nurses who are graduating in the next few years will find which of the following populations among to be the majority of the adult population they will be caring for?
1. The frail elderly
2. Adults over 65 years of age
3. Homeless populations
4. The working poor
5.
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Rationale 1: The frail elderly, those over age 85, will constitute 9.6 million people by 2030.
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