Vulnerable: a concept analysis.

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High-Risk Infant Follow Clinic, University of California, Los Angeles, School of Nursing, School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

Published: April 2005

Topic: In spite of the significance of vulnerable as a phenomenon that affects the human condition, its essence remains complex and elusive.

Purpose: A conceptual analysis to clarify knowledge of this concept to explore the common and scientific usage.

Sources Of Information: A comprehensive and systematic review from bibliographic and abstract databases and online searches.

Conclusions: Findings contributed to the definition of vulnerable as a highly individualized dynamic process of being open to circumstances that positively or negatively influence outcomes, a definition based on a synthesis of knowledge concerning vulnerable, and offers a reconceptualization that expands its use in nursing scientific theory, research, and clinical practice.

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