Course Code: REL-ALL-0-DVAHP
Hours: 2
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 12/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
List steps ensuring the safety of abused women who decide to leave an abusive environment
Identify the role of intimate partner advocacy in helping victims or survivors to understand that physical, sexual, or emotional abuse is not their fault but an issue of power and control.
Relate direct and indirect questions that broach the subject of violence and abuse with patients, partners, and family members to screen for abuse.
Identify risk factors, signs, and symptoms associated with abuse and neglect across the lifespan.
Outline:
Section 1: Introduction
About This Course
Learning Objectives
Section 2: Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
Prevalence of Domestic and Intimate Partner Violence
Domestic or Intimate Partner Violence Defined
Complex Trauma
IPV is a Global Public Health Problem
The Etiology of IPV and Abuse
Power and Control
Types of Abuse
Signs of Physical Abuse
Signs of Sexual Abuse
Signs for Other Types of Abuse
Complications of IPV
The Choice to Leave
Lack of Abuse Reporting
Section 3: The Abused or Neglected Child
What are Abuse and Neglect?
Risk Factors
Why Young People Do Not Report Their Abuse
Signs of Abuse
Nursing Interventions
Reporting Abuse and Neglect
Protective Custody
The Investigation
Before Abuse Starts
Section 4: Adolescent Dating Violence
Adolescent Dating Violence
Risk Factors
Emotional Abuse
Sexual Abuse
Assessing for Dating Violence
Planning for Safety
Legal Implications
Prevention Efforts
Section 5: IPV and Abuse During Pregnancy
Signs of Abuse
Screening
Outcomes
Interventions
Section 6: Domestic Violence and the Older Adult
Types of Elder Abuse
Risk Factors
Reluctance to Divulge
Elder Abuse Projections
What Can Nurses Do?
Section 7: Men who Experience Abuse
Prevalence
Risk Factors
Methods of Abuse
Consequences
Support
Section 8: The Nurses’ Role in IPV
Screening for IPV
Ask the Question
Recognize Abuse and IPV
Create a Safe Space
Considerations Before Discharge
Documentation
Medical-Legal Issues
Preventing IPV
Section 9: Clinical Vignette
Evelyn
Section 10: Conclusion
Course Summary
Course Contributor
Resources
References
Staff Writer: Cathryn Ayers, RN
Cathryn Ayers, RN, MSN has nearly 10 years of critical care experience. She was active in multiple committees to improve patient safety, executed staff education activities, and managed the new graduate orientation program for those entering intensive care units. Cathryn obtained a license for massage and bodywork therapy in 2012 and graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in 2016 with a Master of Science in Nursing Education. She has provided telephonic case management services and developed program materials to facilitate positive outcomes for people with rare conditions across the United States. Cathryn has a passion for teaching and helping others to be their best.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Nurses; Social Workers.
Relias Learning will be transparent in disclosing if any commercial support, sponsorship or co-providership is present prior to the learner completing the course.
Relias Learning has a grievance policy in place to facilitate reports of dissatisfaction. Relias Learning will make every effort to resolve each grievance in a mutually satisfactory manner. In order to report a complaint or grievance please contact Relias Learning at support@reliaslearning.com.
All courses offered by Relias Learning, LLC are developed from a foundation of diversity, inclusiveness, and a multicultural perspective. Knowledge, values and awareness related to cultural competency are infused throughout the course content.
To earn continuing education credit for this course you must achieve a passing score of 80% on the post-test and complete the course evaluation.
Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.