Domestic Violence – Kentucky

Course Purpose

A national, evidence-based course on recognizing, assessing, documenting, reporting, and responding safely to domestic and family violence across the lifespan.

Continuing Education Credit Designation

This educational activity is credited for 3 contact hours at completion of the activity.

Overview

After completing this course, nurses will be able to recognize possible child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, and elder abuse; conduct a private, trauma-informed assessment; and respond to urgent safety and medical needs. Learners will also be able to document objective findings, preserve potential evidence, distinguish clinical care from mandatory reporting, and use organizational policy and applicable jurisdictional law when coordinating referrals and discharge.

Objectives

Upon completion of this independent study, the learner will be able to:

1. Differentiate major forms of child maltreatment, intimate partner violence, sexual violence, stalking, coercive control, and elder abuse.
2. Recognize clinical findings, behavioral indicators, risk factors, and high-risk circumstances associated with domestic and family violence.
3. Apply trauma-informed screening, immediate danger assessment, physical examination, diagnostic testing, and safety-planning principles.
4. Document patient statements, examination findings, photographs, evidence handling, consultations, and referrals using objective clinical language.
5. Distinguish mandatory reporting duties from patient-directed reporting and apply the law of the jurisdiction where care is delivered.
6. Coordinate medical treatment, advocacy, protective services, forensic services, and individualized discharge planning for patients affected by violence.

Who this course is for:

Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, registered nurses, licensed practical or vocational nurses, and other healthcare providers in any setting who want continuing education on Domestic Violence – Kentucky.

Course outline

28 sections · finish in any order across devices

1. 1

   Introduction

2. 2

   Causes of Domestic and Family Violence

3. 3

   Statistical Data

4. 4

   National Statutes

5. 5

   Kentucky Statutes

6. 6

   Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations Requirements

7. 7

   Legal Implications

8. 8

   Child Abuse

9. 9

   Types of Abuse Seen in Children

10. 10

    Laboratory Testing for Suspected Abuse

11. 11

    Diagnostic Imaging for Suspected Abuse

12. 12

    Treatment

13. 13

    Child Abuse Resources

14. 14

    Special Considerations

15. 15

    Outcomes

16. 16

    Intimate Partner Violence Statistical Data

17. 17

    Pregnant Women

18. 18

    Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning

19. 19

    Intimate Partner Abuse

20. 20

    Elder Abuse

21. 21

    Intimate Partner Domestic Violence and Elder Abuse Assessments

22. 22

    Testing

23. 23

    Evidence Collection

24. 24

    Documentation

25. 25

    Domestic Violence and Abuse Resources

26. 26

    Discharge Considerations

27. 27

    Special Considerations in Screening for Family and Domestic Violence

28. 28

    Conclusion

This Course Satisfies

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