Overview of Abuse and Neglect (Nursing)

00:01 Welcome, today's topic that falls under the category of Psychosocial Integrity i am gonna talk a little bit about Abuse and Neglect.

00:09 And if this is a area that you forgotten you wanna go back and review your pediatrics and your general ontology.

00:16 Those are the categories that usually think of falling under abuse and neglect.

00:20 So we are gonna do a fast review.

00:23 But again if this is a topic that you remember a lot about, you wanna go back and review; because, this falls under safety as well.

00:30 And make you sure that we recognize our patients whether they are safe or not.

00:34 And whether we recognize for sending them back into a safe environment.

00:38 So the overview again, this topic falls under psychosocial integrity.

00:43 As you know in that NCLEX, it's divided into different categories and abuse and neglect falls under psychosocial.

00:50 So what are our outcomes? That we are gonna be talking about today. First of all you need to make sure that you can assess your patients and be able to recognize potential or actual physical abuse and neglect.

01:02 Need to identify those risk factors and also use the nursing process to be able to work through with your patient.

01:09 That might be at risk or actually suffering from abuse and neglect.

01:15 So let's start off with a typical NCLEX question.

01:18 A primary prevention measure that should be implemented by a nurse when working with patients who are at risk for elder abuse is: A. Reporting a case to law enforcement officials.

01:31 B. Referring caregivers to community resources.

01:35 C. Offering counseling to the victim.

01:38 Or D. Providing the elder with hotline numbers.

01:41 Again we are looking at primary prevention.

01:45 So make sure you are reading your question well.

01:47 and know the difference between primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.

01:52 And the answer to this question would be B. Referring the caregivers to community resources would be proactive and stopping or preventing abuse and neglect.

02:04 So let's just generally talk about abuse and neglect.

02:07 Abuse can be physical, sexual and emotional abuse.

02:12 Again be thinking about children that you have studied in pediatrics so that you have seen out on the floor.

02:18 But also don't forget about your elders in the nursing homes, coming into clinics, that you have seen out an about at senior centers, community areas where elderly people hangout.

02:32 Neglect includes physical emotional neglect. Again we gonna talk about adults and we gonna talk about children.

02:40 But we thinking through your mind, "how you would be able to spot that patient?".

02:44 If they came into the ER or came into your physician's office, Would you be able to pick up on those clues? You should be familiar with your state's laws wherever you are practicing.

02:55 Make sure you that know what your laws are about reporting about follow through. What documentation you need and who you call? And then nurses must be able to identify risk factors.

03:08 All the time looking at caregivers whether they be a doctor givers whether they be parents, whether they be guardians. But can you pick up on subtle signs? That your patient may be telling you, or may be indirectly telling you.

03:22 Or the caregivers may be giving you signs that they don't even know they are giving. And are you able to pick up on those?