Exam 23: Violence: Anger, Abuse, and Aggression

The care plan for a battered woman will be most successful if the nurse:

A toddler was brought to the hospital with a broken humerus and upper arm bruising.The child's father states that he shook the child while disciplining him to teach him to be quiet.An appropriate family-related nursing diagnosis is:

Which of the following would be an appropriate outcome for a patient diagnosed with rape-trauma syndrome?

A community health nurse is working with a family in which an elderly woman was neglected by her son and his wife but insists on remaining with the young couple despite the threat of future neglect.Which intervention should be given highest priority?

The nurse is considering making a child abuse or neglect report to protective services.To make the report,the nurse needs to:

A patient admits to having been battered by her live-in boyfriend several times over the past 2 years.She states to the nurse,"We plan to get married next June,and I think things will be better then.He is always so sorry afterward,that I think I can trust him to change." Which intervention should be included in the patient's teaching plan?

According to statistical research data,which of these children currently being followed by the pediatric nurse practitioner is at the greatest risk for fatal abuse?

A young child is being evaluated in the Emergency Department for injuries her mother reports resulted from a fall down the stairs.Which of these findings indicates that physical abuse may be a chronic problem for the child?

An elderly patient who lives with her daughter,son-in-law,and their three children reveals that her daughter sometimes slaps her when she does not move fast enough or spills things.The daughter states,"I have so much to do that I become frustrated when my mother can't move fast enough or causes me extra work." The nurse caring for the mother could appropriately suggest:

To provide nursing care to abused children and their families,the nurse must first:

The nurse is planning care for a battered woman who has mentioned,"Someday I'll have to leave him." Which outcome should the nurse include in the plan of care for this patient?

The nurse who sees a number of battered elderly females each year decides to put together a set of guidelines for nurses.An appropriate guideline to include would be to:

A patient in her early teens who is being treated for irritable bowel syndrome has just disclosed that she has been the victim of child abuse for 8 years.For what other condition should the nurse assess this patient?

The nurse is leading a support group for women who have experienced interpersonal violence.When a patient asks about the characteristics of the perpetrators of interpersonal violence,the nurse accurately responds that they are: