Nursing Concerns for Sexual Assault

Concerns for: 
Anxiety
Impaired comfort
Ineffective coping
Compromised family coping
Interrupted family processes
Decisional conflict
Fatigue
Fear
Hopelessness
Risk for compromised human dignity
Disturbed personal identity
Insomnia
Deficient knowledge
Impaired memory
Moral distress
Nausea
Imbalanced nutrition
Acute pain
Powerlessness
Potential for pregnancy
Ineffective relationship
Death anxiety
Risk for impaired attachment
Risk for bleeding
Disturbed body image
Risk for caregiver role strain
Ineffective denial
Impaired resilience
Risk for impaired resilience
Risk for trauma
Impaired religiosity
Impaired individual resilience
Ineffective role performance
Potential for sexually transmitted infections
Rape trauma syndrome
Situational low self-esteem
Self-mutilation
Self-neglect
Sexual dysfunction
Ineffective sexuality pattern
Impaired skin integrity
Disturbed sleep pattern
Impaired social interaction
Social isolation
Spiritual distress
Stress overload
Risk for suicide
Impaired tissue integrity
Impaired urinary elimination
Risk for other-directed violence
Risk for delayed development
Labile emotional control
Dysfunctional family processes
Interrupted family processes
Grieving
Compromised grieving
Risk for compromised grieving
Risk-prone health behaviors
Post-trauma syndrome
Risk for post-trauma syndrome
                                                                                  (Ackley, et al., 2022)