| Topic |
Baccalaureate
Level |
Master's Level |
| Screening
and Assessment
|
a. Acquire a knowledge
base of state and national mandates pertaining to domestic
violence
b. Create a climate of effective, nonjudgmental and caring
communication
c. Utilize developmentally appropriate questions
d. Develop an awareness of abuse symptomology and associated
risk factors
e. Incorporating valid and reliable tools in screening
f. Recognize signs and symptoms of emotional and physical
abuse of both genders across the life span
g. Adequately assess clients via interview and appropriate
health examination processes
h. Identify and prioritize problems of emotional and physical
abuse
|
a. Evaluate culturally
appropriate screening instruments
b. Utilize community assessment to evaluate client needs
for program planning
|
| Documentation
and Intervention
|
a. Understand and
incorporate professional guidelines in obtaining and recording
evidence
b. Record specific, concise, and objective information utilizing
body maps and photographs as required
c. Document health teaching and anticipatory guidance relative
to domestic violence client situations
d. Recognize emergency situations and initiate appropriate
plan and/or referral for client
e. Provide care within integrated health care services using
national accepted guidelines and standards
f. Provide anticipatory guidance and brief skill counseling
g. Engage in early case finding with appropriate interventions
h. Initiate appropriate referrals
i. Identify local resources for education, caretaking, and
support services
j. Consult with other interdisciplinary team members
k. Maintain appropriate clinical follow-up
|
a. Engage in data
generation, dissemination, and research utilization relevant
to violence
b. Apply a theory-based conceptual framework in providing
nursing care
c. Participate in legislative and policy making activities
relevant to violence
d. Diagnose and manage the client health status over time
e. Provide crisis counseling
f. Develop care guidelines
|
Ethical, Legal and
Cultural Issues |
a. Recognize situations
presenting ethical dilemmas
b. Know state and national regulations
c. Identify cultural factors that influence domestic violence
patterns for various cultural groups
d. Explain culturally normative behaviors and relationship
patterns that could be misconstrued as dysfunctional and/or
violent
e. Demonstrate culturally sensitive skills for appropriate
interventions in situations of domestic violence |
a. Analyze and
formulate strategies for solving ethical dilemmas
b. Participate in activities to influence legislation and
policy
c. Delineate relevant health care factors that emerge from
the interaction of culture and violence
d. Develop skills to differentiate normative behaviors from
domestic violence
e. Demonstrate cultural competency for the management of
abusive/violent situations exhibited within a selected population
of clients
|
| Prevention
Activities
|
a. Enhance public
awareness of domestic violence
b. Promote activities to address prevention with populations
at risk (such as child witnesses, pregnant women, dependent
frail elderly)
c. Promote activities to assist with behavioral changes
in battering and battered individuals |
a. Implement programs
to support victims, abusers, and family members |
