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NSG 2271, Psychosocial Nursing, Chapter 30,
Mental Health Care for Survivors of
Violence. Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Intimate partner violence - answer✔involves physical violence, sexual violence, stalking and
psychological aggression (including coercive acts) by a current or former intimate partner. It
occurs on a continuum from psychological abuse to lethal violence.
Psychological abuse - answer✔includes behaviors such as criticizing, insulting, humiliating, or
ridiculing someone in private or in public. It can also involve actions such as destroying
another's property, threatening or harming pets, controlling or monitoring spending and
activities, or isolating a person from family and friends.
Sexual assault - answer✔includes any form of non-consenting sexual activity, ranging from
fondling to penetration.
Stalking - answer✔a pattern of repeated unwanted contact, attention, and harassment that
often increases in frequency. It is a crime of intimidation. It can include behaviors such as
following someone, showing up at the person's home or workplace, vandalizing property, or
sending unwanted gifts.
Cyberstalking - answer✔the use of the Internet, e-mail or other telecommunications
technology to harass or stalk another person.
Rape - answer✔the most severe form of sexual assault; the penetration, no matter how slight,
of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of
another person, without the consent of the victim. This includes victims and perpetrators of
either gender, penetration beyond actual intercourse, and circumstance which the victim is
unable to give consent because of age, mental status, or impairment.
Child maltreatment - answer✔any act or series of acts involving overt or covert harm, potential
health threat or threat of harm and includes child abuse and child neglect.
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Child abuse - answer✔words or overt actions that cause harm, potential harm, or threat of
harm and include physical, sexual, and psychological abuse.
Child neglect - answer✔failure to provide needs or to protect from harm or potential harm and
includes physical, emotional, medical/dental, and educational neglect.
Elder abuse - answer✔abuse or neglect of adults older than 60 years of age.
Six types of elder abuse - answer✔physical (injury by hitting, kicking, pushing, slapping, burning
and so on);
sexual (non-consensual sexual acts);
emotional (harm of self-worth or emotional well-being);
neglect (failure to meet the older adult's basic needs of shelter, food, and so on);
abandonment (leaving older adults alone and no longer providing care for them);
financial (illegally misusing money, property, or assets)
Intergenerational transmission of violence - answer✔theory posits that children who witness or
experience violence in their homes often perpetuate violent behavior.
Cycle of violence - answer✔consists of three recurring phases that increase in frequency and
severity:
Phase 1: Tension Building
Phase 2: Violence Erupts
Phase 3: Remorse Ensues
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11/16/2024 10:16 AM
NSG 2271, Psychosocial Nursing, Chapter 30,
Mental Health Care for Survivors of
Violence. Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Intimate partner violence - answer✔involves physical violence, sexual violence, stalking and
psychological aggression (including coercive acts) by a current or former intimate partner. It
occurs on a continuum from psychological abuse to lethal violence.
Psychological abuse - answer✔includes behaviors such as criticizing, insulting, humiliating, or
ridiculing someone in private or in public. It can also involve actions such as destroying
another's property, threatening or harming pets, controlling or monitoring spending and
activities, or isolating a person from family and friends.
Sexual assault - answer✔includes any form of non-consenting sexual activity, ranging from
fondling to penetration.
Stalking - answer✔a pattern of repeated unwanted contact, attention, and harassment that
often increases in frequency. It is a crime of intimidation. It can include behaviors such as
following someone, showing up at the person's home or workplace, vandalizing property, or
sending unwanted gifts.
Cyberstalking - answer✔the use of the Internet, e-mail or other telecommunications
technology to harass or stalk another person.
Rape - answer✔the most severe form of sexual assault; the penetration, no matter how slight,
of the vagina or anus with any body part or object, or oral penetration by a sex organ of
another person, without the consent of the victim. This includes victims and perpetrators of
either gender, penetration beyond actual intercourse, and circumstance which the victim is
unable to give consent because of age, mental status, or impairment.
Child maltreatment - answer✔any act or series of acts involving overt or covert harm, potential
health threat or threat of harm and includes child abuse and child neglect.
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Child abuse - answer✔words or overt actions that cause harm, potential harm, or threat of
harm and include physical, sexual, and psychological abuse.
Child neglect - answer✔failure to provide needs or to protect from harm or potential harm and
includes physical, emotional, medical/dental, and educational neglect.
Elder abuse - answer✔abuse or neglect of adults older than 60 years of age.
Six types of elder abuse - answer✔physical (injury by hitting, kicking, pushing, slapping, burning
and so on);
sexual (non-consensual sexual acts);
emotional (harm of self-worth or emotional well-being);
neglect (failure to meet the older adult's basic needs of shelter, food, and so on);
abandonment (leaving older adults alone and no longer providing care for them);
financial (illegally misusing money, property, or assets)
Intergenerational transmission of violence - answer✔theory posits that children who witness or
experience violence in their homes often perpetuate violent behavior.
Cycle of violence - answer✔consists of three recurring phases that increase in frequency and
severity:
Phase 1: Tension Building
Phase 2: Violence Erupts
Phase 3: Remorse Ensues
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