Question

The nurse is caring for a minority client. When assessing for social inequities, which social determinants would be most appropriate for the nurse to consider? Select all that apply.

1. Age

2. Gender

3. Living condition

4. Work condition

5. Access to health care

Answer 1

ANSWER:

Social health determinants are mainly the environmental conditions in which the person socio economic status, economic condition, education level, availability of health care services, type of occupation, age of the person, community environment involve. These factors are important in the community health sectors to evaluate the health care services and to identify the risk of diseases to people. In the minority there is a higher of undergoing disease conditions because of their poor socio economic status and poor standard of living.

In this state, the nurse has to consider Age, Living condition, Work condition, and Access to health care. The reasons for taking into consideration of these determinants are the age of the person indicates the level of risk for getting disease conditions, Living condition of client indicates in which area or ecnironment he lives that is poor standard of living, Work condition indicates the type of work the client is doing to fulfill the daily needs, and access to health care indicates availability and utilization of health services by the client. This assessment is very important to consider for a minority client to evaluate the risk state of disease conditions.

Hence, the answer is 1. Age

3. Living condition

4. Working condition

5. Access to health care