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Hands-on Clinic => Nursing and Clinical => Topic started by: curls713 on Jan 10, 2023
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A nurse suspects that an elderly person has been physically abused. According to National Council on Aging research, which person would the nurse suspect to be the most likely abuser?
◦ The person's paid caregiver
◦ Someone previously unknown to the person
◦ The individual's adult child
◦ The person's neighbor
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The individual's adult child
Studies have shown that the profile of the person most likely to be abused is an elderly woman and the abuser is frequently an adult child.