Abusive Relationships In Nursing

Human beings tend to be judgmental and also are able to perceive and express either by verbal and/or nonverbal communication. Nurses who have being abused in the past may identify themselves with patients that are victims of abuse. This might convey two different ways: it may be taken positively or negatively. On the one hand, nurses caring for abused patients can be proactively realizing signs of physical abuse on the body of the person. This is done when during performing a head to toe assessment clearly signs of physical abuse are observed, such as bruises in different stages of healing, burns, fractures, etc. Also, it is essential to note the location and pattern of the injuries. Abused people also may act depressed, poor coping skills, …show more content…
Abuses that can be reported are child and elderly abuse. Nurses with past history of abusive relationships can be positive entitled to contribute to the well being of abused people. Since it is a lived fact and protect victims from perpetrators may be the most desired goal. On the other hand, if nurses suffered from abuse relationships in the past, this may affect negatively when dealing with abused victims. Nurses may display a broad range of symptoms and emotions, and impaired in multiple ways. Post traumatic stress disorder that is trigger by self-identification with the patient. The nurse may want to attack the perpetrator, cry, enter in shock, or even call the police. Nonetheless, for abused nurses that have not overcome this past situation positively may need to ask for another person to deal in those cases of abused victims. Nurses must self evaluate their capacity to handle the case and how this will affect in the caring for the