A community health nurse visits a village in Chad. The nurse has just finished assessing a 10-year-old girl who reports always being hungry. She lives in a home with her mother and father, who both work
She says she's never been to a healthcare provider before. Which level of poverty should the nurse most suspect in this girl and her family?
A) Middle
B) Moderate
C) Relative
D) Extreme
Ans: D
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Unlike the moderately and relatively poor, the extremely poor cannot access healthcare and are chronically hungry. "Middle" is not a level of poverty.
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