A nurse vocalizes a concern that a group of refugees in the community is not receiving equal ac-cess to health care services when compared to the other residents in the community. Which of the following concepts is being applied?
a. Victimization
b. Perceptivity
c. Questioning
d. Beneficence
ANS: A
Victimization occurs when individuals or groups are treated unfairly; generally when there is an imbalance of power. Perceptivity, as an element of intuitiveness, is one tool the forensic nurse uses to investigate injury; it involves an increased awareness of human behavior and environment that is interpreted by knowledge and lived experience in making expert decisions. Questioning has led to a greater understanding of what most would consider the unexplainable and unimagi-nable. Beneficence is an ethical principle that relates to caring.
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