Question

please asnwer the following questions

Chapter 13 Questions

1. What is patient abuse? (LLO #1)

2. Discuss common signs of abuse for both children and seniors. (LLO #1)

3.Describe what should a caregiver do when he or she suspects another unrelated person, caregiver, or family member has been abusing a patient. (LLO #1)

4. Discuss the importance of accurate and complete documentation of suspected abuse. (LLO #1)

5. Describe what good-faith reporting means. (LLO #1)

6. Discuss why patients are often reluctant to complain about their abusers and caregivers. (LLO #1)

7. When a health care provider reports abuse, should the accuser’s identity be revealed to the accused? Explain your answer. (LLO #1)

8. Should caregivers be disciplined for reporting abuse if it proves to be false? Explain your answer. (LLO #1)

9. Discuss the patient poem “Look Closer, See Me.” (LLO #1)

Answer 1

1.Any system or failure of the patient's misuse or negligence which can cause irrational sufferings, misery or loss of the patient. Abuse attacks a patient physically or sexually.

2.Child abuse is defined as a child under the age of 18, which is responsible for child care or deliberately suffer from serious psychological, emotional, sexual and physical injuries given by another person.

On the other hand senior abuse refers to the harmful treatment of older people. It includes abandonment, emotional, oral abuses.

3.There are several examples when a caretaker needs to be abused by a non-related person, family member or guardian. In this case, there are caretakers, who attempt to stop the insulting incident in the hospital.

However, careful, those who do not get annoyed and do not let family members, care about patient rosy.

4.Reporting of suspected torture in hospital management is very important as it can be avoided at the right time.

Also, witnesses will be able to catch eyewitness if a witness provides accurate and complete results of suspected torture of relevant authorities.