The nurse is teaching an in-service educational presentation about working with battered women

Question

The nurse should explain that it is often frustrating for nurses to work with battered women for which reasons? Note: Credit will be given only if all correct choices and no incorrect choices are selected. Select all that apply. 1. There is little the nurse can really do to help.
2. Healthcare policies and practices are not supportive of abused women.
3. Both husband and wife must agree to therapy.
4. These women might return to the abusive situation.
5. Women often believe that they are the cause of the abuse.

Answer 1

4, 5
Explanation: 4. Women often believe that escape is futile, or escape and then return when the crisis is over.
5. Women are often convinced by the abusers that it is their own behavior that causes the abuse.