title: Assessing for sexual abuse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garber
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Grindel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mitchell
mesh_terms: 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