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Avoiding Help
IPV
Abuse Types
Health Concerns
Nursing Care
100
These young dependents are a reason women do not seek help.
What are children?
100
Defined as physical, sexual, psychological or emotional abuse or the threat of abuse from a current or former partner.
What is intimate partner violence?
100
Kicking, punching, slapping, and biting.
What is physical abuse?
100
An example of a direct effect of abuse characterized as a chronic elevation of blood pressure.
What is hypertension?
100
The first response the nurse should express when a client states she is being abused.
What is "believe the woman"?
200
The absence of these individuals is a reason women do not seek help.
What are family and friends?
200
The individuals who most commonly commit violence against women.
Who are husbands and male partners?
200
Shaming, embarrassing, controlling and possessive statements and behaviours.
What is emotional abuse?
200
Common name for ecchymosis, hematoma, or contusion.
What is bruising?
200
Societal view of “silencing” abuse.
What is a barrier to resolution of abuse?
300
Current available healthcare does not offer this support.
What is post-traumatic psychological support?
300
The percentage of women estimated to be affected by IPV in their lifetime.
What is 54%?
300
Shouting, swearing, continuously arguing, yelling and interrupting.
What is verbal abuse?
300
A deep cut, tear or gash especially in the skin.
What is a laceration?
300
Settings in which the nurse may encounter clients who are victims of abuse.
What are emergency rooms, clinics or public health units?
400
Fear for the well-being of this individual is cited as a reason to decline assistance.
What is the abusive partner?
400
These two factors can impact how healthcare providers intervene when abuse is discovered.
What is emotional stability and decision-making ability?
400
Withholding money, forcing partner to leave job or get fired, preventing educational advancement and shaming spending habits.
What is economic abuse?
400
Type of anxiety disorder that can occur after one has gone through an extreme emotional trauma.
What is post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)?
400
The role a nurse can take on for their clients who experience abuse.
What is an advocate?
500
Dependence on this hinders women from leaving an abusive partner.
What is financial dependency?
500
This prevalent mental illness is one of the psychological effects of IPV on health.
What is depression?
500
Playing mind games, manipulation, blackmail, blaming, lying and distorting reality.
What is mental abuse?
500
A recurrent throbbing headache that is often accompanied by nausea and disturbed vision.
What is a migraine?
500
Using this type of language will prevent the nurse from labelling the victim and reducing them to their experience.
What is gender-neutral language?