Question

1. A 21-year-old woman arrives in the labor and delivery unit with possible preterm labor. She is 32 weeks pregnant, G2P1, and is with her significant other. Upon assessment the nurse notes multiple bruises on her thighs and arms. The bruising on the arms has the appearance of fingers, as if the client was grabbed. When the nurse asks about the bruises, the woman says, “I slipped, and my boyfriend had to grab me to keep me from falling.” (Learning Objectives 5, 6, and 7)

1. What is the role of the nurse with this client?

2. What interview techniques should the nurse use, and what information is the nurse seeking in this situation?

3. Discuss the incidence of intimate partner abuse and the characteristics of an abuse victim
4. Develop a plan for the client at this point. Provide specific information on resources and referrals you could give her.

Answer 1

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Provide corticosteroid and give tocolytics for lung maturation and then deliver the baby

Ask the patient about the bruice confidentiality and ask about any type of abuse .

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Firstly take a family type behaviour with client for good doctor patient relationship and then ask the situation for bruice

Nurse seeking information about the abuse of the the patient (physical abuse -second cycle )

Take a detailed history with leading qsns

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It is a physical abuse which comes under catogery of second cycle

There is presence of bruse on the arm and thigh

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Wright a detailed history about the delivery and more specifically write a detailed history about the bruice mark on the body ,place of bruises and time of bruises and dimensions

Tell her rules of government about the partner abuse and tell about the option like devorc