Author Question: A person currently in an abusive relationship tells a nurse, My partner is really sorry for hitting ... (Read 161 times)

ishan · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

A person currently in an abusive relationship tells a nurse, My partner is really sorry for hitting me and wants to come back and be part of the family again.. The nurse should provide which intervention?

a. Share with the patient that abusers seldom voluntarily stop abusing.
b. Encourage the patient to demand the abuser seek psychiatric help.
c. Advise the patient to focus on minimizing the abuse if the relationship continues.
d. Inform the partner that any physical abuse will certainly be reported to the police.

Question 2

The nurse is working with a client who is post-heart-attack and who must modify her activities after discharge. Guilt is a major symptom of depression. Which of the following statements by the nurse can make a cardiovascular client's guilt worse?

a. I will be in to talk to you in 15 minutes.
b. How can you pace your current activities?
c. How can you prevent this from happening again?
d. What are your favorite activities?

skipfourms123 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

B
There are community groups that help abusive individuals relearn coping mechanisms that are appropriate. This option is the only one that provides an appropriate, therapeutic intervention.

Answer to Question 2

C
Asking how a client can prevent a heart attack from happening again is very likely to make the client's guilt over the heart attack worse because of the subtle implication that the client could have done something to prevent the previous heart attack. While having better eating and activity habits may lower the risk of a heart attack, there is no guarantee that such behavior will eliminate all risk of a heart attack. Furthermore, guilt resulting on what one could have done before to prevent the heart attack may be counterproductive.