Directions
- Reflection is an activity that involves your deep thought into your own experiences related to the concepts of the week. Answers should be detailed.
- Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
- Scholarly sources are NOT required for this reflection
Reflection Questions
Reflect on your current or prior practice experiences.
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- Patients of any age, gender, cultural background or socio-economic status can be victims of violence. Consider a patient population you are currently working with or have worked with in the past. For what type of violence might they be at risk? What are some related findings that might alert you to investigate further?
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- Screening for signs of violence and abuse is a part of patient health history assessments. Have you observed the questions being asked by nurses or have you asked them to patients? Do you believe these screenings are typically completed in detail? Explain your answer.
Solution
Week 6 Discussion: Reflection on Nursing Assessment for Violence
The individual population I take care of today is mainly geriatric of all the areas of life. The patients of mine tend to be intubated, sedated, and not able to provide truthful responses to the abuse questions of mine. Most have been nonverbal to start with because of different stages of dementia, stroke, and some other brain damage. Thus, when I look at the body of theirs for an evaluation I notice all wounds, bruises, scars, no matter the healing stage of theirs. The more mature patient public I take care of are…………………please follow the link below to purchase the solution at $5
