VICTIMS OF ABUSE OR NEGLECT
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS
◍ A woman describes a history of physical and emotional abuse in
intimate relationships. Which additional factor should a nurse
suspect? Answer: The woman might be a victim of incest.
The nurse should suspect that this client might be a victim of incest.
Women in abusive relationships often grew up in abusive homes.
◍ Which statement made by an emergency department nurse
indicates accurate knowledge of domestic violence? Answer: "Power
and control are central to the dynamic of domestic violence."
The nurse accurately states that power and control are central to the
dynamic of domestic violence.
◍ Battering is defined as? Answer: a pattern of coercive control
founded on physical and/or sexual violence or threat of violence. The
typical abuser is very possessive and perceives the victim as a
possession.
◍ coercive? Answer: using force or threat
◍ A client is brought to an emergency department after being
violently raped. Which nursing action is appropriate? Answer:
, Remain nonjudgmental and actively listen to the client's description of
the event.
The most appropriate nursing action is to remain nonjudgmental and
actively listen to the client's description of the event.
◍ It is important to also communicate to the raped victim that?
Answer: he or she is safe and that it is not his or her fault.
Nonjudgmental listening provides an avenue for client catharsis
needed in order to begin the process of healing.
◍ In the emergency department, a raped client appears calm and
exhibits a blunt affect. The client answers a nurse's questions in a
monotone using single words. How should the nurse interpret this
client's responses?
. Answer: This client is most likely demonstrating a controlled
response pattern. In a controlled response pattern, the client's feelings
are masked or hidden, and a calm, composed, or subdued affect is
seen.
◍ expressed response pattern? Answer: feelings of fear, anger, and
anxiety are expressed through crying, sobbing, smiling, restlessness,
and tension.
◍ A client who is in a severely abusive relationship is admitted to a
psychiatric inpatient unit. The client fears for her life. A staff nurse
asks, "Why doesn't she just leave him?" Which is the nursing
supervisor's most appropriate reply? Answer: "These clients are
paralyzed into inaction by a combination of physical threats and a
sense of powerlessness."
UPDATED ACTUAL EXAM QUESTIONS
CORRECT ANSWERS
◍ A woman describes a history of physical and emotional abuse in
intimate relationships. Which additional factor should a nurse
suspect? Answer: The woman might be a victim of incest.
The nurse should suspect that this client might be a victim of incest.
Women in abusive relationships often grew up in abusive homes.
◍ Which statement made by an emergency department nurse
indicates accurate knowledge of domestic violence? Answer: "Power
and control are central to the dynamic of domestic violence."
The nurse accurately states that power and control are central to the
dynamic of domestic violence.
◍ Battering is defined as? Answer: a pattern of coercive control
founded on physical and/or sexual violence or threat of violence. The
typical abuser is very possessive and perceives the victim as a
possession.
◍ coercive? Answer: using force or threat
◍ A client is brought to an emergency department after being
violently raped. Which nursing action is appropriate? Answer:
, Remain nonjudgmental and actively listen to the client's description of
the event.
The most appropriate nursing action is to remain nonjudgmental and
actively listen to the client's description of the event.
◍ It is important to also communicate to the raped victim that?
Answer: he or she is safe and that it is not his or her fault.
Nonjudgmental listening provides an avenue for client catharsis
needed in order to begin the process of healing.
◍ In the emergency department, a raped client appears calm and
exhibits a blunt affect. The client answers a nurse's questions in a
monotone using single words. How should the nurse interpret this
client's responses?
. Answer: This client is most likely demonstrating a controlled
response pattern. In a controlled response pattern, the client's feelings
are masked or hidden, and a calm, composed, or subdued affect is
seen.
◍ expressed response pattern? Answer: feelings of fear, anger, and
anxiety are expressed through crying, sobbing, smiling, restlessness,
and tension.
◍ A client who is in a severely abusive relationship is admitted to a
psychiatric inpatient unit. The client fears for her life. A staff nurse
asks, "Why doesn't she just leave him?" Which is the nursing
supervisor's most appropriate reply? Answer: "These clients are
paralyzed into inaction by a combination of physical threats and a
sense of powerlessness."
