The nurse caring for a school-age child who has been sexually abused by a close family member realizes that the child may resist disclosing the experience of being sexually abused because the child:
1. Realizes that repeated questioning by others will occur
2. Fears being blamed or disbelieved
3. Fears becoming an object of pity at school
4. Is embarrassed about facing family members
Question 2
A community health nurse is working with a family in which an elderly woman was neglected by her son and his wife. The elderly woman insists on remaining with the young couple despite the threat of future neglect.
Which intervention should be given highest priority?
1. Identify community resources to decrease the caregivers' stress.
2. Establish family obligations, client rights, and consequences of abuse and moni-tor.
3. Educate the caregivers on the aging process and how to cope with it.
4. Provide stress management techniques for the caregivers.
stages of the family cycle
Nurse palpating the patient's brachial artery
Estimated Number of New Sexually Transmitted Infections
Rubella rash in a young child. Rubella is also called 3-day measles or German measles.
Maimed Child due to Thalidomide