When an elderly patient is brought into the Emergency Department ...

[sarasara]

When an elderly patient is brought into the Emergency Department by family members who reported a fall the nurse became suspicious that the patient had suffered physical abuse.
 
  The patient denied that she had been abused. Her denial is most likely based on her:
  a. Feeling that she deserved the physical abuse
  b. Strong belief that nothing could be done to help her
  c. Lack of trust that the situation could ever be changed
  d. Fear of the possibility of being removed from her family

Question 2

A nurse planning a group to help batterers learn more effective ways to cope would teach participants that the key component in wife battering is:
 
  a. Their need for the batterer to control
  b. The role of alcohol in the pattern of abuse
  c. History of psychotic or paranoid behavior
  d. Failure of the woman involved to assert herself

[TINA]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Fear of being separated from family and institutionalized is a powerful motive that keeps el-ders from revealing abuse. The other options may be factors in some cases but they are not primary motivators of silence.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: A
The batterer uses violence as a means of controlling his partner to meet his own needs. Alco-hol use is not the root cause of spousal abuse. There are no data to support mental illness as a factor in abusive relationships. Assertive behavior may result in increased abuse.

[sarasara]

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[TINA]

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