Interpersonal Violence: The Spectrum Of Coping Behaviors

In Jennifer Cisney’s lecture on “Impact Dynamics of Crisis and Trauma,” she outlined four major goals of Psychological First Aid. Above all the material in Module One, I found this specific material most helpful in my practice because it gives me focal points to ensure I am putting the correct focus on Psychological First Aid that I should. We have been learning the critical important of this First Aid to trauma survivors and how if they can be “triaged” correctly by these First Aid components it greatly impacts the person’s recovery.

A practice that has been put in place is the use of call buttons that are installed and easily available for the staff to use when dealing with escalating patients. Within this Veterans Affairs Hospital, the inpatient geriatric unit has at least 2-3 cases of patient-on-patient assault each month. For those that are very aggressive, this is currently being addressed by the use of one-on-one staff and antipsychotic medications. Clinicians are expected to be able to assess whether intervention is needed to protect other patients and staff from patients’ violence, to assess when patients pose a sufficient level of risk, and to assess when patients who have been hospitalized can be safely discharged to the community. However, surveys of practitioners suggest that many receive little formal training in violence risk assessment. (McNeil, et al. 2009) The limitations of formal training in risk assessment for violence suggested by such surveys underscore the need for education in this topic, hence the relevance of this educational training. Nurses on the front lines of care are ill-prepared to deal with this, hence the need for training. (Peek-Asa, et al.

Jaxson Christianson English 8 hr 2 Ms. MacDonald Date 4-15-24 Poseidon You might have heard about Poseidon, but how much do you really know? Poseidon is the Greek god of many things and is involved in many myths. Poseidon is the Greek god of the sea and plays an important role in Greek mythology. Poseidon has many roles and responsibilities.

“A Tale of Two Cities” by Charles Dickens is an artfully crafted tale that unabashedly tells the story of the injustice, the horror and the madness of the French Revolution. More than this, it is a story of one man’s redemption, one man who Dickens vividly portrays as being “a nobody”. This nobody had thrown away his life. “A Tale of Two Cities” is the tale of Sydney Carton and his full circle redemption.

In undergrad the discussion of client violence was never addressed. Even at my current internship where clinicians interact with adults and adolescents with violent risk markers, potential client violence or personal safety was never discussed with me. Dr. Newhill states in her interview that perhaps potential client violence is not frequently discussed within the social work practice so that social workers do not become fearful. Dr. Newhill encourages talk of client violence so that social workers can be prepared. The podcast has increased my consideration of personal safety as a social work practitioner. In protecting myself, I believe that Dr. Newhill’s tips on de-escalation of violent clients to aide in my protection. Dr. Newhill states that clients with violent behavior do not receive empty into their situation. Dr. Newhill believes in providing violent clients empty, this will led in the de-escalation of behavior (Client Violence: Interview with Dr. Christina Newhill,

Domestic violence is a serious issue that cannot be ignored. In the situation given the patient’s safety, privacy, and autonomy must be taken into consideration when deciding on a course of action. As a medical student, training to become a health care professional, the patient would be my priority.

In 3 articles, survivors of healthcare worker directed violence admitted to knowingly spending less time with their patients after the attack.(8, 12, 16) Quality of care is also reduced as survivors admit to being fearful of their patients as well as being reluctant to care for specific patients or any patients at all.(8, 17, 19, 25) After an incident of workplace violence, survivors stated that they have decreased communication with their patients, patient families, and coworkers.(12, 27) Survivors also admitted to having reduced interest in being a part of patient care, as well as being in their current position.(8, 12, 14, 19) One article found that physiotherapists often reduced their expectations for their patients after experiencing an incidence of workplace violence from a patient.(8) Survivors also found that they had reduced empathy and gave reduced emotional support to patients and their families after returning to work.(15) After an attack by a patient, survivors admitted to lacking concentration that led to missed medication administration, increased falls, and increased errors in administration of care.(10, 15, 17, 27)

The Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (WSCADV, n.d.) provides training for advocates of domestic violence (DV) survivors and their families. This paper reflects my experiences as I worked through the first three sections of training: the history of the DV movement; the key requirements of DV advocacy; and safety planning. The primary thread throughout the training sections is the importance of providing advocacy based on survivor-empowerment and meeting clients where they are. In this paper, I also explore my role as a mental health counselor in an interdisciplinary response team working with survivors of domestic violence.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a pattern of aggressive behavior and coercive behavior that can include physical injury, psychological abuse, sexual assault, progressive isolation, stalking, and intimidation which may take many forms. IPV is a common and significant public health problem that is life threatening and preventable. It affects millions of women regardless of race, ethnicity, age, education, socioeconomic class, or sexual orientation. One in three women in the United States has experienced some form of IPV in their lifetime. (1)

Regardless of their area of work, nurses have the potential to be exposed to the intimate partner violence (IPV) continuum. Often noticed as the front line workers, nurses are in a position to observe and assess situations where IPV is suspected, and intervene should these issues arise. Nurses are obligated to provide safe, holistic, quality care to victims of IPV and implement resources such as counseling, community support as well as physical and emotional support; “nurses work with persons who have health-care needs or are receiving care to enable them to attain their highest possible level of health and well-being” (CNA, 2017). Nurses have the ability to be a catalyst for positive change for individuals in abusive situations. Victims

On 03/18/2017 at approximately 2132 hours, I was dispatched to 8340 Rd. 46 in the County of Montezuma, and State of Colorado for reports of a domestic disturbance.

Geoffrey Chaucer may have offered the most in-depth view of social class differences with his work “The Canterbury Tales.” This collection of stories offers various characters from different social standings traveling together on a religious pilgrimage. Each pilgrim shares a story offering a view of their station in life, their life experiences, language, dialect, education, and perspective on Middle English life. Although Chaucer wrote in 14th century Anglo-Saxon London dialect his word choice provides information about the pilgrims’ social station (Crossref, 2013). The lower class pilgrims, for example the wife of Bath, offer bawdy tales using familiar pronouns, such as thee and thine, while the higher class pilgrims use more polite pronouns,

This study will be a correlational design to investigate the effects of domestic violence on the cognitive development of a child. The study will proceed by first measuring the levels of domestic violence by answering the Abuse Scale, the Severe Violence Scale, and by having a naturistic observation for four times a month for a period of 3 years. Second, we will measure the cognitive development of participants by having a naturistic observation, and accomplish a simple task for four times a month for a period of 3 years too. Moreover, the study will considerate the comments of participants’ professors to the cognitive development of the children. Finally, to obtain the results of the study, we will compare the data from the start day to the

“I object to violence, because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent”, quoted by Mahatma Gandhi. Violence is defined as an unjust or unwarranted exertion of power or force to intentionally injure, damage, or destroy something or someone. Amongst the various types of violence, there is one in particular that has been causing an ongoing debate within societies across the world; this certain type of violence is known as domestic violence. Domestic violence, also known as intimate violence or family violence, is a pattern of violent behaviors that are being used by an individual in a relationship to control his or her partner.() This act of abuse can come in many different forms, such as physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, or psychological abuse, and can affect not only the victim, but anyone that he or she may come in contact with.

A Theoretical Framework are theories that is formulated to explain, predict, and understand phenomena and, in many cases, to challenge and extend existing knowledge, within the limits of the critical bounding assumptions. The theoretical framework is the structure that can hold or support a theory of a research study. The theoretical framework introduces and describes the theory which explains why the research problem under study exists. There are three topics that will be discussed: (a) the background on domestic violence and the different reasons why women stay, (b) the criminal justice system and how the laws need to be