NCLEX Updated NCLEX-PN Exam Questions and Answers by leighton

Batterers cannot be predicted by demographic features related to age, ethnicity, race, religious denomination,

education, socioeconomic status, or class. Ninety-five percent of domestic abuse cases involve male perpetrators

and female victims.Psychosocial Integrity

Sodium and chloride are the major electrolytes in the extracellular fluid.Physiological Adaptation

STDs affect certain groups in groups in greater numbers. Factors associated with risk include being younger

than 25 years of age, being a member of a minority group, residing in an urban setting, being impoverished, and

using crack cocaine.Physiological Adaptation

Trauma in any client, living or dead, has potential legal and/or forensic implications. Clothing, patterns of

stains, and debris are sources of potential evidence and must be preserved. Nurses must be aware of state and

local regulations that require mandatory reporting of cases of suspected child and elder abuse, accidental death,

and suicide. Each Emergency Department has written policies and procedures to assist nurses and other health

care providers in making appropriate reports. Physical evidence is real, tangible, or latent matter that can be

visualized, measured, or analyzed. Emergency Department nurses can be called on to collect evidence. Health

care facilities have policies governing the collection of forensic evidence. The chain of evidence custody must

be followed to ensure the integrity and credibility of the evidence. The chain of evidence custody is the pathway

that evidence follows from the time it is collected until is has served its purpose in the legal investigation of an

incident.Physiological Adaptation