Child/Partner/Elder Abuse
This type of abuse is characterized by failure to provide the child's basic needs
What is neglect?
Informational material on these resources you would give a patient suffering from domestic violence
What are safe house information, group therapy, crisis counseling, support groups, attorneys, and SART information?
The term that means the person is thinking of self-harm
What is suicidal ideation?
An emotional response to a frustration of desires, threat to one's needs, or a challenge
What is anger?
This type of care is provided at end of life and is part of the palliative care trajectory
What is Hospice Care?
Therapeutic ways a child may express their experiences
Some tests you would see performed in the ED on a rape victim/ patient
What are pregnancy test, STDs, HIV, Hep B?
True or False: Antidepressants have a black box warning stating the risk for suicide is increased with the medication
What is True?
Bullying by a person of equal status is considered this type of bullying
What is lateral bullying?
The individualized response to a loss that is perceived, real, or anticipated
What is grief?
The four abuse categories
What are emotional, physical, sexual, and neglect?
The percentage of child molestations that are perpetrated by family members
The greatest predictor of suicide
What is a previous suicide attempt?
The nurse asks, "Have you ever thought of harming someone else". The nurse is assessing for this
Some resources you could refer your patient to who is in the grieving stages
What are referrals to grieving support groups, grief counseling, re-grief work, psychotherapy?
True or False: Each state mandates that suspected abuse or neglect of a child must be reported
What is True?
Bodily fluids and DNA are collected and turned over to authorities in this 'box of evidence'
What is a Rape Kit?
This acronym can help the nurse remember risk factors for suicide potential
What is SAD PERSONS?
This class of drugs is the first choice for acute aggression
What are Benzodiazepines?
These four letters will help the nurse assess and address spirituality
What is FICA?
The theory referring to when a child learns violence as a behavioral norm such as through role modeling
What is intergenerational violence theory?
Sexual assault PTSD symptoms (name two)
What are re-experiencing the trauma, social withdrawal, avoidance behaviors/ actions, increased psychologic arousal characteristics, fears/ phobia, nightmares/ difficulty sleeping?
After determining a patient to be having suicidal thoughts, these are the next two questions the nurse should ask
What is the plan and do they have a means to carry it out?
An individual can voluntarily isolate to self-manage anxiety and distress in this type of room
What is a comfort room?
Name three stages of grief process
What are shock/ disbelief, denial, guilt, anger, sensation of somatic distress, change is behavior, reorganization of behavior, preoccupation with image of deceased?