Assessing for sexual abuse.
1. Knowing the sexual abuse history of a patient contributes to a greater understanding of the patient's clinical problems and facilitates appropriate discharge planning. 2. Obtaining a history of sexual abuse is not always part of the nursing admission assessment sheet, and many staff members have little or no training on the therapeutic interventions for a history of sexual abuse. 3. The lack of staff training and the ambiguous nature of sexual abuse assessment must be examined in relationship to quality patient care.
Garber
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
Grindel
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Mitchell
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D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002650:Child Abuse, Sexual / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D010343:Patient Admission; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital