A woman was in the emergency department with a bruised and broken ...

[tiara099]

A woman was in the emergency department with a bruised and broken leg. She explained that she had accidentally opened the car door on a trip and the door had blown back on her leg.
 
  Her husband was very attentive, constantly asking the nurse to make his wife more comfortable. Which of the following actions should be taken by the nurse?
  a.
  Ask the husband to step out of the room while you get a urine specimen, and, after he leaves, ask the woman, Have you ever been deliberately hurt by someone?
  b.
  Call x-ray immediately, and prepare for the leg to have a cast applied.
  c.
  Put ice bags on the area until the leg can be repaired.
  d.
  Try to get an additional pain medication order from the physician.

Question 2

Which of the following best explains how the Civil Rights Act amendments have been helpful to adult women who are employed?
 
  a. If both a man and a woman apply for a position, preference must be given to the woman.
  b. Everyone has permission to apply for any employment position regardless of gender.
  c. Employers are prohibited from paying different salaries to men and to women for the same position responsibilities.
  d. Discrimination against pregnant women or conditions involving childbirth or pregnancy is prohibited.

[Li Jun]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: A
Abuse of women is often explained as accidental injury. Approximately 6 of visits made by women to emergency departments are for injuries that result from physical battering by their husbands, former husbands, boyfriends, or lovers. It is important for the nurse to understand the state laws related to reporting known or suspected domestic violence. The AMA and ANA advocate that all women should be assessed for intimate partner violence. Questions should be posed privately, in nonjudgmental specific terms (i.e., Do you feel safe? Have you ever been hit, punched, slapped, or kicked?) with follow-up questions if the woman responds yes. In this situation, with a questionable explanation for the injury and an overly attentive husband, it would be important to complete this assessment. This invention would be more important than calling for x-ray, applying ice, or administering additional pain medication.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
There is no affirmative action for gender, and pay scales remain different for men and women. Anyone has always been able to apply for any position; the issue is whether or not you would be chosen. The Civil Rights Act was amended to prohibit discrimination against pregnant women or conditions involving childbirth or pregnancy. This landmark legislation makes it unlawful for employers to refuse to hire, employ, or promote a woman because she is pregnant. In addition, employee benefit plans that continue health insurance, income maintenance during disability or illness, or any other income support program for disabled workers must include disabilities resulting from pregnancy, childbirth, and other related conditions. If employers allow disabled employees to assume lighter or medically restricted assignments, the same considerations must extend to pregnant women.

[tiara099]

TYSM

[ryansturges]

Excellent