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_________ is known as the threat of unlawful touching of another person, the
willful attempt to harm someone. Causing a person to fear that he/she will be
touched without permission
"Attempt" - ✔✔Assault
_______ is the unlawful touching of another without consent, justification, or
excuse. In legal medicine, it occurs if a medical or surgical procedure is
performed without proper consent. The unauthorized or actual harmful or
offensive touching of a person.
"follow through" - ✔✔Battery
_______ is the intent to confine to a specific area, indefensible use of seclusions
or restraints, detention of voluntarily admitted patient, with no agency or legal
policies to support detaining. - ✔✔False imprisionment
True or False
It is considered a restraint when you put all 4 bedrails up on a patient who is
already restrained. - ✔✔True
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,Signs of financial elder abuse - ✔✔Forging clients signature, suddent changes in
client's financial status, loss of social security checks, family asks patient to sign
checks to them, unusual interest in client's finances, using parents money for
self and not for their needs
Signs of physical and sexual elder abuse - ✔✔Frequent trips to ED, patient
reports, unexplained bruising or fractures, skeletak dislocations, genital trauma,
burns, welts, studs, wounds, aggressive behavior by the abuse client, easily
startled, withdrawal, flat affect, malnutrition
signs of emotiona elder abuse - ✔✔Client is withdrawn, not-communicative,
emotional, upset, agitated, family members do not allow patient to answer
questions, increased confusion, sleep disturbances, resignation, ambivalence,
implausible stories, contradictory statements (caregiver says one thing ans
elderly says another)
Signs of elder neglect - ✔✔poor follow up care by family in regards to medical
visits, obtaining medications, providing medications, poor hygiene, unsafe
housing (pet feces, no water, locking them out in shed, etc), absence of
adequate food and water, lack of assistive devices (moving them so they can't
get up), bed sores, ADLs
Screening questions for elder abuse and neglect - ✔✔Do you feel safe?
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, How are you being treated at home?
Are you afraid of anyone?
Are you able to take care of yourself or do you need help? (are you able to bath
yourself? feed yourself?)
Do you live by yourself or with others?
Who maintains your checkbook?
Who prepares your meals?
Do you drive? (safely)
How often do you and your care giver argue?
True or false
You need to screen everyone at every age at every visit for abuse. - ✔✔True
This model of advocacy is the most known model when a nurse assissts patients
in asserting their autonomy rights. - ✔✔Rights protection
Protect rights: everyone has rights
Nurse advocate for patients right to choose their own health care
This model of advocacy is when a nurse assists the patient by discussing his/her
needs and desires and helps the patient make choices that are most consistent
witht the patient'c values, lifestyle, and desires. It is based on sharing
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