Author Question: A nurse is employed as a forensic nurse during the 1950s. Which of the following tasks would the ... (Read 59 times)

waynest · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

A nurse is employed as a forensic nurse during the 1950s. Which of the following tasks would the nurse most likely have been implementing?

a. Working in a sexual assault clinic
b. Identifying indicators of assault
c. Implementing protocols for sexual assault care
d. Receiving sexual assault nurse examiners (SANE) training

Question 2

A forensic nurse is implementing Hammer's definition of caring. Which of the following actions would the nurse most likely perform?

a. Utilizing intuition when assessing a client
b. Providing self-care and care for the client
c. Assuring that the client's basic needs are met
d. Assessing the bio-psychosocial and spir-itual characteristics of the client

essyface1 · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 8, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
During the 1940s through the 1960s, nurses became aware of their role in identifying indicators of assault. The first nurse-run sexual assault clinic opened in 1974, with subsequent development of the first protocols for sexual assault care. SANE programs appeared in the 1990s.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Hammer recognized that in forensic nursing practice the caring component must address caring for oneself as well as caring for clients. A sense of self-worth must be cultivated and nurtured to the degree that caring is conscientious, objective, and demanding of the scientific truth. Caring must also be curious and questioning; it should be directed toward colleagues; and finally, caring should be about firm and valued concepts that inform practice.