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schs14 · **on:** Jul 8, 2018

Victims of rape should be given privacy, respect, and assurance of confidentiality. What role can nurses play in the process in working with rape survivors? Nurses:

1. Provide continuous care once the victim enters the health care system
2. Examine evidence for its authenticity
3. Work with the criminal justice system to find rapists
4. Provide long-term therapy for psychological trauma

Question 2

Which of the following involves differentiation among the practices of physicians, nurses, and other health care providers?

1. Sovereign immunity
2. Respondeat superior
3. Scope of practice
4. Judicial law

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

Answer to Question 1

1
Not only do nurses often provide continuous care, in some states nurses are trained as sexual as-sault examiners who gather forensic evidence.

Answer to Question 2

3
Scope of practice involves defining nursing, setting its credentials, and then distinguishing be-tween the practices of nurses, physicians, and other health care providers.