Case Study Module 12

Instructions: Read the following casestudy and answer the reflective questions. Pleaseprovide rationales for your answers. Make sure to providecitations/references for your answers in APA format.

CASE STUDY:Drug-Facilitated Sexual Assault: Jessica

Sexual assault includes any type of sexual activity to which anindividual does not agree. Because of the effects of some drugs, commonlycalled date rape drugs, victims may be physically helpless, unable to refuse,or even unable to remember what happened. Jessica, a 16-year-old high schoolsophomore, expresses concern to the school nurse practitioner that she knowssomeone who might have had sex “without knowing it.” How can the nursepractitioner answer these common questions?

ReflectiveQuestions

What are date rape drugs and how can a person be unaware thatsuch a drug has been ingested?

What can you do to protect yourself?

What do you do if you think you have been sexually assaulted?

What can you do when someone you care about has been sexuallyassaulted?

What role does a nurse practitioner play in the care of sexuallyassaulted patients, particularly in the adolescent age group?