A Nurse Is Providing Emergency Care to an Assault Victim

question 10

Multiple Choice

A nurse is providing emergency care to an assault victim. Which of the following would be the most appropriate action for the nurse to take?

• A) Support the privacy of the victim.
• B) Assess the socioeconomic status of the victim.
• C) Question the victim about the details of the assault.
• D) Educate the victim about violence prevention.

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Definitions:

Social Situation

The environmental and contextual setting in which interpersonal interactions occur, influenced by social norms and roles.

Pleasure Principle

A psychoanalytic concept where human behavior is driven by the desire to seek pleasure and avoid pain.

Psychoanalytic Theory

A theory of psychology and human behavior which posits that unconscious motives and conflicts shape personality and mental disorders.

Collective Unconscious

According to Jung, a storehouse of latent memory traces inherited from people’s ancestral past that is shared with the entire human race.