Before a victim of sexual assault is discharged from the ...

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Before a victim of sexual assault is discharged from the emergency department, the nurse should:
 
  a. notify the victim's family to provide emotional support.
  b. offer to stay with the patient until stability is regained.
  c. advise the patient to try not to think about the assault.
  d. provide referral information verbally and in writing.

Question 2

Which situation describes consensual sex rather than rape?
 
  a. A husband forces vaginal sex when he comes home intoxicated from a party. The wife objects.
  b. A woman's lover pleads with her to have oral sex. She gives in but later regrets the decision.
  c. A person is beaten, robbed, and forcibly subjected to anal penetration by an assailant.
  d. A dentist gives anesthesia for a procedure and then has intercourse with the unconscious patient.

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Answer to Question 1

ANS: D
Immediately after the assault, rape victims are often disorganized and unable to think well or remember instructions. Written information acknowledges this fact and provides a solution. The distracters violate the patient's right to privacy, evidence a rescue fantasy, and offer a platitude that is neither therapeutic nor effective.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Only the key describes a scenario in which the sexual contact is consensual. Consensual sex is not considered rape if the participants are of legal age.