Intimate Partner Violence Screening: A Nursing Concern?
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2013-08-01Author
Friesen, Kelsey
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11 pages
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Article
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One of the Healthy People 2020 objectives is to “reduce violence by current or former
intimate partners” (United States Department of Health and Human Services, 2011, p. 16).
Several health organizations such as the American Medical Association, American Nurses
Association and the American Association of Colleges of Nursing have recommended routine
screening for IPV. This is due to the many negative health associations with intimate partner
violence (IPV). About one fourth of women and one ninth of men over age 18 in the United
States have experienced IPV (Centers for Disease Control, 2008). Approximately 15% of adults
in the United States report having been a victim of IPV and three-fifths of adults report knowing
someone who has been a victim of IPV (Krane, 2006). Currently there is no standard screening tool or protocol to help identify victims of this abuse and
screening is consistently not being done. The purpose of this paper is to outline the lack of
screening for IPV in spite of its prevalence and adverse health effects, the barriers that hinder
screening, if all of those barriers are well founded, and ways to increase screening. This will
ultimately inform healthcare providers about the ethical dilemma at hand and the need to
increase IPV screening in future practice.
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About the author: Kelsey Friesen lives in Lake Quivira, Kansas. While at the School of Nursing she received the School of Nursing and the Arthur S and Leora J. Peck Scholarships. She received honorable mention for clinical excellence in Level I. She is a member of Delta Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International. She plans to start her career in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit at Childrens Mercy Hospital in Kansas City Missouri. Her future plans are to become very good at her new role and then seek a doctorate in nursing practice as a pediatric nurse practitioner. She thanks her family for their continued support and guidance.
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