Dating Violence, Case Study Example

What questions should the nurse ask during her assessment?

Questions that should be asked by the nurse include:

• Does he appear possessive to you?
• Are you comfortable being with him alone?
• When you are alone with him do you get into arguments?
• If you do get into arguments does he appear furious?
• Has he ever attempted to hit you if you get into an argument?
• Has he ever forced you to have sex with him?
• Have you ever had sex without your consent?
• If you did how manytimes it happened?
• Have you ever tried reporting the matter to law enforcement?
• How do you feel about the incident/s?
• How has this affected you emotionally if you had sex without your consent?
• Would you like to make a report to the police?
• Would you like to receive counselling?
• Do you want to let your parent know about the incident/s?
• Has he ever offered you alcohol?
• If he did have ever discovered that you had a sexual encounter?
• Have you ever taken any other time of recreational drugs with him?
• If you did, have you ever discovered that you had engaged in a sexual encounter?
• Do you want to remain in the relationship?
• If you do, express your deepest concern.

Based on her assessment, what level of intervention is the nurse applying in caring for

Date rape is also classified acquaintance rape whereby the perpetuator is either romantically affiliated to the victim or just a mere friend. In this case it has been a romantic relationship. It is considered abuse/sexual battery when proven. The assessment process could be considered a primary intervention(Bond & Bond, 2004)…

Primary intervention denotes prevention of a disease or incident. The action is taken prior to occurrence. Primary can also mean reduction in further incidences defined as both the prevention of disease before it occurs and the reduction of its incidence. With reference to abuse it is any measure taken to prevent occurrence of date rape.Secondary intervention means targeting risk factors along with intervening when an incident has occurred(Bond & Bond, 2004).

For example if Christiania had expressed during the assessment that she was raped several times, the nurse would have to move into the second stage by devising strategies to treat effects of the abuse.Tertiary level intervention relates to if the date rape experience escalates into a chronic effects and Christiania would need rehabilitation to regain her self-worth  (Bond & Bond, 2004)..

Also, describe interventions at each of these levels.

Primary intervention

This requires adopting strategies to prevent date rape. For example, as health promotion professionals it is making an assessment of a case, which is at risk and advising the client as in Christian’s situation. At the community level primary interventions are aimed solely at preventing through education or creating a safe environment to limit incidences of the actions. On college campuses where date rape is prevalent it means college authorities implementing regulations that would limit alcohol abuse at parties and certain types of interactions that create the potential for a date rape incident(Bond & Bond, 2004)…

Secondary interventions

Further, more intense strategies are necessary. Some schools such as psychology and social work theorize a primary, secondary and tertiary levels of prevention. However, public health synchronizes the levels with health care delivery whereby secondary means implementing treatment after occurrence of disease or the person becomes infected/affected. In date rape it entails counselling, therapeutic repair, activities to build self-esteem and offer emotional support(Bond & Bond, 2004).

Tertiary level

At this level the client may need to be institutionalized to recover from the physical as well as emotional aftermath of the abuse. Specifically, this stage is aimed at limiting the extent the date rape has damage the personality. As such rehabilitation for a short period of time might be the preferred intervention strategy(Bond & Bond, 2004)..

References

Bond J., & Bond S. (2004). Sociology and Health Care. Churchill Livingstone