Question

A nurse is interviewing a client who is a survivor of intimate partner violence. The client is telling the nurse about how the violence occurred. Which statement would the nurse interpret as reflecting phase three of the cycle of violence? (A) "He threw me against the wall and started punching my face." (B) "He calls me stupid and incompetent, asking himself why he ever married me." (C) "He yells at me for not having dinner waiting for him when he came home." (D) "He tells me that he is sorry and that he will never hit me again."

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer would be option D, He tells me that he is sorry and that he will never hit me again.

Explanation:

There are three phases of the cycle of violence. In first stage, Tension is built, Yelling and word abusing happens. In the second stage of violence, the perpetrator does the actual physical violence, whereas in stage three of the violence cycle, the perpetrator becomes kind, loving, contrite, asks for forgiveness and promises never to do the violence again.

So while interviewing with a violence survivor, the above mentioned statement would be interpreted by the nurse as the third phase of the cycle of violence.