The criteria for abuse can be affected by many factors, such as the person(s) involved and the type of abuse. First, you need the abuser, someone that is going to take the action of abusing the other individual. “Abusers come from all walks of life and often feel insecure, powerless, and helpless, feelings that are not in line with the image they would like to project” (Chow, 2013, pg. 259). Abusers can be someone that the victim already knows from other interactions, or they can be strangers (Chow, 2013). Secondly, you need the victim, the person that is going to take the brunt of the abusers emotional or physical abuse. Nurses also have the duty to report abuse or suspected abuse as set out by the College of Registered Nurses of British Columbia …show more content…
309). There must be contact between the patient and the health care system or nurse and that the patient has the ability to suffer (Bruggemann, Wijma, & Swahnberg, 2012, p. 129). If there is not any contact between two individuals, then abuse cannot take place. The abuse event is usually unintentional, and is preceded by an unhappy event between the caregiver (nurse) and the patient or other individual (Bruggemann et al, 2012). There are other factors that can put the victim at more of a risk of being abused such as “having a background of abuse in childhood, young age, high educational level, poor self-rated health, born in a foreign country” (Bruggemann et al, 2012, p. 129). Other factors that put someone at risk for abuse include “hierarchies, power assymetries, taboos” (Bruggemann et al, 2012, p. 129). Abuse in the healthcare setting does not discriminate against race, gender, income, social status, or so forth, it can occur between any two individuals that interact in the healthcare sector. After much research, we have been able to find a definition of abuse that is suitable for our
There are different types of abuse that can occur within a healthcare setting: physical, verbal, sexual, emotional, psychological, and financial (Duggleby, 2014). The vulnerable populations who are at risk for being abused are women at any stage of their lives, persons with disabilities, of First Nations descent, the elderly, and anybody within a same-sex relationship (Chow, 2013). Abuse can occur in home, in public, and even within the healthcare setting. For the purpose of this paper, we are going to look at physical and verbal abuse within the healthcare setting.
Sexual Assault described in technical terms is defined as any sort of sexual activity between two or more people in which one of the people involved is involved against his or her will. (3) The description of "against his or her will" extends to varying degrees of aggression, ranging from indirect pressure to a direct physical attack. While sexual assaults are associated with the crime of rape, it may cover assaults which would not be considered rape. What constitutes a sexual assault is determined by the laws of the jurisdiction where the assault takes place, which vary considerably, and are influenced by local social and cultural attitudes. Every year, an estimated 300,000 women are raped and 3.7 million are confronted with unwanted
Abuse can happen anywhere anytime, but especially to vulnerable people, ie Children, elderly people, people with disabilities, people with learning difficulties. It can even happen in places people should be safe, ie hospitals, residential/ nursing homes, schools, daycare/ nurseries, centres etc.
Abuse may be revealed in a number of different ways. For example you may find that someone wants to tell you about it because they trust you. Also it might be from someone who has observed the abuse taking place, e.g. resident seeing a care worker shaking another resident because they were too slow getting dressed. The abuse is disclosed to the professional, sometimes with a request for confidentiality.
Neglect by others occurs when either a support worker or a family or friend carer fails to meet someone’s support needs as they do not realise its importance, or because they cannot be bothered, or choose not to provide it.
P5= Describe strategies and working practices used to minimise abuse. In this assignment i will be describing different strategies and working practices used in different health and social care settings to minimise abuse. Looking at different characteristics of abuse is the fundamental part in trying to minimise abuse. There are different types of strategies i will be describing the following six: Written and Oral Communications
This report aims to describe the abuse which may affect adults. Abuse is a term in which to describe an act of intentionally or unintentionally harming yourself or someone else leaving physical or emotional damage or effects. There are many types of abuse such as physical, sexual, psychological, exploitation, bullying, neglect and many more. It is difficult to categorise abuse as there could be many reasons behind the abuse and because there are so many types of abuse.
abuse or suspected abuse of vulnerable individuals is mandated to be reported in most states
I can remember the conversation as if it was yesterday. While in a grocery store walking in the grocery aisle, I overheard a woman talking to another woman and her husband. The part that caught my attention was the young lady saying, “I can get you the cheese, milk, and eggs with my WIC, and all you have to do is give me the money when we leave the store.” I knew this wasn’t right, so I made sure I was at the check-out counter to see if what I overheard was true. To my surprise, the young woman paid for things using a check like piece of paper and waited for the couple to leave the store. In the parking lot, I witnessed the young lady giving the
An individual may need care with daily living due to illness or disability – this can lead to them being more vulnerable to abuse because
The issue of elder abuse is clearly an ethical concern. As a caregiver, the nurse has the responsibility to ensure that the environment of the patient is safe and supportive of health and wellness. In the case of an elderly patient who is too frail to engage in effective self-care, the demands upon the nurse increase as the nurse must
You’re Ugly! Stupid! Can you do anything right? I wished you were never born! Does any of these words sound familiar or bring back memories. If they do then you are not alone, there are many people on a daily basis who suffer from verbal-emotional abuse. In today’s society too many of our children live in homes where they face verbal-emotional abuse on a regular basis. In this paper we will discuss what verbal emotional abuse is, why so many children face verbal-emotional abuse and how to tell what the signs of verbal emotional abuse are in order to assist a child in need.
Those who are in an authoritative position over someone and in a position of care for example, family members, friends or professional health workers (such as a carer, staff member in a residential or nursing home or hospital), can put vulnerable people at risk of abuse. Because of the
Each year more cases of Emotional abuse go unreported because the majority of people experiencing emotional abuse are not aware that it is happening. I was one of these people years ago; it took some caring friends to get me to see what was going on. In the following paragraphs I will touch on ways one can tell they are being emotionally abused, and ways to get help. While Undefined, Emotional abuse affects more people each day because they do not know that they are being abused.
A. Pediatric Emergency Medicine reports that an estimated one in four girls and one in six have experienced some form of sexual abuse by the time they are 18 years old. (Source 3: Statistic)