What type of violence involves repeated unwanted attention, such as following, monitoring, or harassing someone?
What is stalking?
What heart sound occurs with closure of the atrioventricular (AV) valves and signals the beginning of systole?
S1 (the first heart sound)?
What federal organization requires healthcare facilities to have policies for assessing, documenting, and referring cases of intimate partner, child, and elder abuse?
The Joint Commision
What extra heart sound, also called a ventricular gallop, occurs immediately after S2 during early diastole and can be normal in children and young adults?
S3
What four categories make up intimate partner violence, including emotional abuse and repeated unwanted attention?
physical violence, sexual violence, stalking, and psychological aggression
What heart murmur grade is loud with a palpable thrill and may be heard when the stethoscope is partly off the chest?
Grade 5 murmur
What standardized four-item screening tool preferred by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force assesses intimate partner violence using questions about being hurt, insulted, threatened, or screamed at?
HITS (Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream)
What neck vessel assessment allows healthcare providers to estimate central venous pressure, and how should the patient be positioned to perform it?
Inspection of the jugular venous pulse, with the patient positioned supine at a 30–45 degree angle
What assessment tool is used to evaluate the risk of homicide in intimate partner violence and includes a calendar and 20 yes-or-no questions to identify patterns of increasing danger?
Danger Assessment (DA)
During a cardiovascular assessment, a patient has a gentle systolic murmur caused by increased blood flow from fever and anemia, no thrill, and it is easily heard but not loud. Based on murmur grading and causes, how would this murmur be classified and what is the most likely physiologic explanation?
Grade 3 systolic flow murmur caused by increased blood velocity and decreased blood viscosity, resulting in turbulent but non-pathologic blood flow