A nurse is caring for a homeless population. Which of the following characteristics should the nurse anticipate as a need of this population?
a. Need more nursing care than other vul-nerable groups
b. Have no desire to seek medical care
c. Have even fewer resources than poor peo-ple who have adequate housing
d. Are living in despair with no hope or resil-ience
ANS: C
Those who are homeless have even fewer resources than poor people who have adequate housing. Homeless and marginally housed people must struggle with heavy demands as they try to man-age daily life because their resources are limited. These individuals must cope with finding a place to sleep at night and a place to stay during the day or moving frequently from one resi-dence to another, as well as finding food, before even thinking about health care.
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