1. Which of the following is most likely an indicator of patient abuse?

Question

A patient requests water due to extreme thirst
Multiple contusions on an individual's torso
The patient is wearing uncoordinated clothing
A bruise on the patient's arm

Answer 1

All of them and none of them, you can't just categorise like that.

Answer 2

1. Patients request water all of the time and if they are heading to the OR, they can forget it because we dont allow them to drink
2. We get elderly folks from home all the time who are falling down and dont want anyone to know because they fear the nursing home, they are bruised up and we do not suspect abuse, but rather a fall at home.
3. Uncoordinated clothing could be their style. People from the depression era could care less if they wear blue and green together as long as its pretty.
4. We start IV's over and over again and it leaves bruises everywhere and that doesnt meant abuse. It just means failed IV sticks.
I think your question is bogus, but if I had to choose, I would say # 2.