You have been tasked with orienting new registered nurses in the emergency department in your hospital on how to manage child abuse and neglect cases. The
orientation should cover child abuse and neglect definitions, prevention, detection, intervention and treatment, reporting, and interdisciplinary resources.
Create an orientation that covers the definition, prevention, detection, intervention and treatment, reporting, and interdisciplinary resources, and ensure
you:
o Define abuse, using:
o The federal definition of child abuse and neglect
o Your state's definition of child abuse and neglect
o Discuss prevention, and analyze the nurse's role in each level of prevention:
o Primary
o Secondary
o Tertiary
o List the risk factors of abuse, including environmental indicators and disparities in care.
o Explain detection,and illustrate the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect:
o Emotional
o Behavioral
o Physical
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o Address intervention,and reporting as stated in your state's requirements related to child abuse and neglect:
o Who can report?
o Who is mandated (legally required) to report?
o Where (to whom) is information reported?