What is considered a vulnerable population? According to (Maurer & Smith, 2013) a vulnerable population is a group or groups that are more likely to develop health-related problems, have more difficulty accessing health care to address those health problems, and are more likely to experience a poor outcome or shorter life span because of those health conditions. There are several risk factors that help determine a persons health status, education, race, ethnicity, age, gender, environment and economic status and the more of these risk factors that a person or group has, the more likely that person or group will be vulnerable (Maurer & Smith, 2013). The one risk factor that seems to stand out above all is poverty, with this comes limited access to medical care, uninsured,...