Author Question: An 11-year-old child is absent from school to care for siblings while the parents work. The family ... (Read 96 times)

armygirl · **on:** Jul 19, 2018

An 11-year-old child is absent from school to care for siblings while the parents work. The family cannot afford a babysitter. When asked about the parents, the child reluctantly says, My parents don't like me.

They call me stupid and say I never do anything right. Which type of abuse is likely?

a. Sexual
b. Physical
c. Emotional
d. Economic

Question 2

Which health care worker should be referred to critical incident stress debriefing?

a. Nurse who works at an oncology clinic where patients receive chemotherapy
b. Case manager whose patients are seriously mentally ill and are being cared for at home
c. Health care employee who worked 8 hours at the information desk of an intensive care unit
d. Emergency medical technician (EMT) who treated victims of a car bombing at a department store

Dunkey · **Reply #1 on:** Jul 19, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Examples of emotional abuse include having an adult demean a child's worth or frequently criticize or belittle a child. No data support physical battering or endangerment, sexual abuse, or economic abuse.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: D
Although each of the individuals mentioned experiences job-related stress on a daily basis, the person most in need of critical incident stress debriefing is the EMT, who experienced an adventitious crisis event by responding to a bombing and provided care to victims of trauma.