The majority of the student population at an inner city school is African American. The nurse should be alert to the number of students:

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1. Sickle cell disease primarily affects African Americans. The nurse should be attentive to members of the student population who may be affected by this, because this can affect school attendance if students experience pain crises. While asthma is rising in the United States, the nurse should not assume that the student population has a disproportionate number of asthma cases. Being overweight is not solely a concern related to racial background. Many children in society today live in single parent homes. There is no indication that this is particularly true of this school population.

The Majority of the Student Population at an Inner City