TEST 4 Flashcards
Intimate partner violence
Psychological, physical, or sexual harm by current or former spouse or partner
Psychological abuse
Criticize, insult, humiliate, or ridicule; destroy another’s property; threaten or harm pets; control or monitor spending and activities; or isolate person from family or friends
Children of intimate partner violence (IPV) victims:
“secondary victimization”
Sexual violence/assault
Any form of non-consenting sexual activity
Rape is most severe form of sexual assault
Stalking
Repeated unwanted contact, attention, and harassment
Crime of intimidation
Exhibitionism
abuser shows a body part
Voyeurism
Wants to see child naked/performing acts
Social learning theory (intergenerational transmission of violence)
Children witnessing violence in homes often perpetrate violent behavior in families as adults
What would be the nursing assessment for a victim of violence
Conducting a safety assessment first
The Danger Assessment Screen
Screening for violence and abuse
Physical health assessment
Sexual assault nurse examiner (SANE)
Emergency contraception, or prophylactic treatment for HIV or sexually transmitted diseases
Sexuality
Life force that encompasses all that is male or female
Sensuality, pleasure and pleasuring, intimacy, trust, communication, love and affection, attractiveness
Influence on self-concept and how one relates to others
Biosexual identity:
Gender identity:
Sex role identity:
Sexual orientation:
Biosexual identity: anatomy and physiology of being male or female
Gender identity: conviction of belonging to male or female gender
Sex role identity: gender role; outward expression of gender
Sexual orientation: sexual attraction to opposite, same, or both sexes
Sex-determining gene
In boys -
In girls -
After the male organs are formed, a temporary rise in …
on Y chromosome
In boys, testosterone present, leading to formation of penis, prostate, and scrotum
In girls, absence of testosterone leading to formation of ovaries
After the male organs are formed, a temporary rise in testosterone levels causes permanent sexual organization of the brain (different than in girls) reflected in behaviors after birth
Sexual desire:
Parasympathetic control of
Sympathetic control of
Sex hormones:
During sexual arousal:
Sexual desire: integration of CNS and autonomic nervous system
Parasympathetic control of arousal
Sympathetic control of orgasmic discharge
Sex hormones: influence on desire for both genders
During sexual arousal: increased heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, and myotonia for both genders
Male sexual response
3 steps
Arousal and ejaculation facilitated by…
1st - Visual stimulation, fantasies, memories or physical stimulation parasympathetic release of chemicals
2nd - Dilation of penile arteries inflow of blood to corpora cavernosa + high intrapenile nitric oxide stiffening and elongation of the penis
3rd -Continued stimulation semen emission and ejaculation
Arousal and ejaculation facilitated by dopaminergic activity; inhibited by serotonergic systems
Woman sexual response
3 steps
1st - Fantasies, visual stimulation, and physical stimulation leading to sexual arousal
**Physical stimulation appears to be more important
2nd - Parasympathetic release increased blood flow to female genitalia leading to lubrication of vagina and some enlargement of the breasts and clitoris
3rd - Estrogens and progestins are involved in female sexual functioning; androgens are needed by both genders to maintain arousal
Sexual health/wellness
“a state of physical, emotional, mental and social well-being in relation to sexuality.”
What can lead to sexual dysfunction
Unhealthy lifestyle and obesity, tobacco smoking, alcohol-use and – substance-use disorders and chronic stress