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Vulnerable Population Paper

Vulnerable Population Paper – Premature Infants
University of Phoenix

Vulnerable Population Paper – Premature Infants

The word “vulnerability” stems from the Latin vulnerare, which means, “to wound”. (Oxford Encyclopedic English Dictionary, 1995) In a clinical setting, the term vulnerable can be applied to many different kinds of patients. The purpose of this paper is to address a vulnerable population within a community. The vulnerable population this author chose to focus on will be that of premature infants because premature infants are at risk for a number of reasons that include: being unprotected, having immature age, being undefended, and having increased sensitivity.
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By definition, premature infants are infants who are born before 37 weeks of gestational age. Premature infants usually weigh less than 2,500 grams (5 lb, 8 oz) and constitute for about 10 percent of all births, also infant mortality rises from five times normal at 37 weeks......


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Approximate Pages: 3 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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