Management of elder sexual abuse cases in critical care settings.
Elder sexual abuse remains a silent and often invisible crime in persons who have limited cognitive abilities. On occasion, physical injury to elders is serious enough to require hospitalization and at that point, critical care nurses swing into action. In addition to providing acute care interventions, nurses can collect important forensic evidence through documenting and photographing injuries and reporting suspected cases to proper authorities.
Burgess
Ann Wolbert
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William F. Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Cushing Hall 414, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467-3812, USA. burges@bc.edu
Watt
Margaret E
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Brown
Kathleen M
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Petrozzi
Dona
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D015897:Comorbidity; D003704:Dementia / Q000453:epidemiology; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006708:Homicide / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011902:Rape / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology