NURSING UNDERGRADUATES' PERCEPTION ON CHILD ABUSE
This descriptive exploratory study,qualitative approach, objectified to investigateundergraduates, attending the seventh semester of theNursing course in a public university, and their perceptionon their skills to recognize and deliver care to abusedchildren and teenagers. Data collection was effect...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universidade Federal do Paraná
2005-08-01
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| Series: | Cogitare Enfermagem |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.5380/ce.v10i2.4999 |
| Summary: | This descriptive exploratory study,qualitative approach, objectified to investigateundergraduates, attending the seventh semester of theNursing course in a public university, and their perceptionon their skills to recognize and deliver care to abusedchildren and teenagers. Data collection was effected bymeans of a semi-structured, recorded and transcribedinterview. It complied with Resolution 196/96 on researchwith human beings. Content analysis was adopted for thetechnical exam. Half of the twenty respondents reportedunprepared to identify abuse situations, but they recognizedNursing Consultation as a diagnostic way and describednegligence as abuse. They report their action taking but donot realize the need for case follow-up which makes hardtheevaluationoftheiractioneffectiveness.Theyrecommendchild and family’s psychological treatment to disrupt theabuse cycle and family/ school integration as an option toaddress the problem. |
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| ISSN: | 1414-8536 2176-9133 |