NSG482 2020 November Week 1 Assignment Latest

NSG482 Promoting Healthy Communities

Week 1 Assignment

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:

Define abuse, using:

The federal definition of child abuse and neglect

Your state's definition of child abuse and neglect

Discuss prevention, and analyze the nurse's role in each level of prevention:

Primary

Secondary

Tertiary

List the risk factors of abuse, including environmental indicators and disparities in care.

Explain detection,and illustrate the signs and symptoms of child abuse and neglect:

Emotional

Behavioral

Physical

Address intervention, and reporting as stated in your state's requirements related to child abuse and neglect:

Who can report?

Who is mandated (legally required) to report?

Where (to whom) is information reported?

Address treatment:

Provide examples of treatment resources available in your area for children affected by abuse and their caregivers.

Find collaborative resources for abuse and neglect intervention and treatment.

Identify resources for appropriate referral:

List interdisciplinary support services for children affected by abuse.

Summarize the differences between prevention, detection, intervention, treatment, and reporting in child abuse and neglect and intimate partner violence (IPV) or elder abuse and/or violence. Answer the following questions in your summary:

Are the reporting requirements the same for child abuse, IPV, and elder abuse in your state?

Are all types of abuse and neglect defined the same way?

What different resources are available for varying types of abuse?

Format your assignment as one of the following:

15- to 20-slide presentation

700- to 1,050-word paper

At least two scholarly, current (within 5 years) references are provided

Style and Format

Include APA-formatted citations and a reference page.

Exception for presentations: Include a slide with APA-formatted references.

Submit your assignment.

Complete and submit a signed Family Consent and Release of Liability form in Week One in the Week One assignment section, prior to the first point of contact with your selected family in Week 2. If you are unable to obtain a live signature on the family consent form because of COVID-19 precautions, please write or type in, "verbal consent because of pandemic precautions" on the signature line. Submit the completed consent form in the Week One assignment submission area. (The consent form needs to be submitted prior to your family assessment.)