Past history of sexual abuse, abuse as a child, difficult pregnancies, or current abuse of her children. Gena Moldovan, in the SU ED, said that the pts and their family are always grateful she had intervened. It may be necessary to emphasize confidentiality and a standard procedure of interviewing pts alone. This tells the pt you re comfortable talking about this subject. Studies show that non-victims are happy you re concerned about them.
Domestic violence is illegal.
Give her numbers of domestic abuse services. The Arbor coordinator should be able to get these for you. If she wants to, help her make the first phone call from the clinic. Take a full medical and battering hx. In court the medical record is considered expert witness, more highly esteemed than police reports, which are considered hearsay.