Author Question: During a community meeting, a citizen asks the community health nurse, What causes people to ... (Read 90 times)

jerry coleman · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

During a community meeting, a citizen asks the community health nurse, What causes people to sexually abuse children? The nurse responds:

A) This is a community issue; therefore the police commissioner will be the best person to tell us.
B) There are various causes involved.
C) Abusers are genetically programmed to abuse children.
D) The statistics indicate that it is because of poverty.

Question 2

A nurse overhears other staff discussing a family who lost their business in a fire. That family agrees on nothing. It is totally dysfunctional.

Which of the following questions by the nurse would facilitate increased understanding of the family's situation? A) What roles do the family members take on?
B) Are they ever able to resolve their disagreements?
C) Families who disagree are a challenge to therapists.
D) You seem very critical of the family. I guess you feel unable to help them.