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.
Wk 1 – Abuse and Neglect: Orientation Project
Assignment Content
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 (Texas) 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
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?
o Address treatment:
o Provide examples of treatment resources available in your area for children affected by abuse and their caregivers.
o Find collaborative resources for abuse and neglect intervention and treatment.
o Identify resources for appropriate referral:
o List interdisciplinary support services for children affected by abuse.
o Summarize the differences between prevention, detection, intervention, treatment, and reporting in child abuse and neglect and spousal or elder abuse and/or violence.
Answer the following questions in your summary:
o Are the reporting requirements the same?
o Are all types of abuse and neglect defined the same way?
o How does treatment differ?
o What different resources are available for varying types of abuse?
o How do signs and symptoms change with age?
o How does the role of the community nurse change at each level of prevention depending on the type of abuse?
Format your assignment as one of the following:
o 15- to 20-slide presentation
Cite at least 1 peer-reviewed reference and 1 evidence-based reference.
Include a slide with APA-formatted references.
Submit your assignment
Rubric:
o Defined abuse sing the federal and state definition of child abuse and neglect
o Discussed prevention and analyzed the nurse’s role at each level of prevention; lists risk factors leading to abuse.
o Lists the risk factors of abuse, including environmental indicators and disparities in care
o Explained detection and illustrated the emotional, behavioral, and physical signs and symptoms of abuse.
o Addressed intervention and explained mandated reporters, reporting oversight, and individuals who can report.
o Addressed treatment and provided examples of treatment resources.o Identified support resources
o Summarized the differences in prevention, detection, intervention, treatment, and reporting of different kinds of abuse.
o Included at least 1 peer-reviewed and 1 evidenced-based reference
o Included APA-formatted reference slide
o Followed a structure that is clear and concise.
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