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http://dx.doi.org/10.9728/dcs.2018.19.5.995

Perceptions and Report Attitudes of Pediatric Nurses toward Child Abuse  

Shin, Hwa-Jin (Department of Nursing, Pohang University)
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Journal of Digital Contents Society / v.19, no.5, 2018 , pp. 995-1002 More about this Journal
Abstract
The study was intended to identify the factors that affect pediatric nurses' perception toward child abuse and their reporting attitude. The report rate was very low, only 3 (9.1%) of respondents. Most of them did not report, 30(90.9%), and the main causes of non-reporting were not-serious or lack of evidence. The recognition and experience of child abuse depending on the characteristics of nurses in pediatric wards showed a significant difference according to their academic background (X2=16.52, p=.011). The results of the review of the differences in the reported attitudes of child abuse nurses showed a significant difference in the age of nurses in the pediatric ward (X2=13.64, p=.034). Nurses in the pediatric ward are required to develop intervention programs and tools for assessing child abuse, and to provide education and systems for the prevention of child abuse, which will make it necessary for the universal reporting of cases against child abuse and the prevention of child abuse.
Keywords
Child abuse; Pediatric nurses; Prevention of child abuse;
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