A public health nurse in a large, urban center is asked to ...

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A public health nurse in a large, urban center is asked to develop an elder abuse prevention strategy. Which of the following actions would be considered to be a secondary intervention within this directive?
 
  A) Educate key members of the community about ways to identify elder abuse early.
  B) Designate specific hospitals where assault victims will be taken for assessment.
  C) Design an education program that explores intergenerational relationships.
  D) Create a press release that gives community members a website with information about elder abuse.

Question 2

Nurses working with rape trauma victims need to be aware of their own attitudes about rape and sexual assault. Which of the following rationales best explains why this is the case?
 
  A) Nurses can learn from the experiences of clients and thus help prevent becoming victims of assault themselves.
  B) The attitudes of individual nurses reflect on the overall profession.
  C) Nurses need to be able to sympathize with their clients.
  D) Nurses need to be emotionally available to their clients.

[Jordin Calloway]

Answer to Question 1

Ans: A
Feedback:
Interventions for elder abuse can be primary, secondary, or tertiary and involve a multidisciplinary approach (Miller, 2009). Primary interventions help prevent mistreatment through education. Health care providers and the public should be informed about the scope of the problem. Caregivers require education about how to provide care and manage related stressors. Secondary intervention aims at minimizing harm through early identification of mistreatment, which involves protocols or tools for screening.

Answer to Question 2

Ans: D
Feedback:
Knowing how to recognize when personal feelings are likely to interfere with optimal care is part of the nurse's professional responsibility. The nurse must be emotionally available to the survivor to empathize with her experience and at the same time view the information dispassionately. The ability to do so is directly proportional to the nurse's ability to acknowledge his or her own feelings.