Prospective nurses' appraisals of screening for child neglect in primary care settings.(Continuing Education Series): An article from: Pediatric Nursing
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This digital document is an article from Pediatric Nursing, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 4136 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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MoreThis digital document is an article from Pediatric Nursing, published by Thomson Gale on January 1, 2006. The length of the article is 4136 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
From the author: Screening for child neglect in primary care settings is a well-recognized, though largely untapped, resource in the campaign to prevent this pervasive childhood morbidity. Using a contemporary cognitive appraisal model as a conceptual guide, this study evaluated 71 upper-level undergraduate nursing students' thoughts about their future professional responsibility to screen children and families for child neglect. Seventy-one upper-level undergraduate nursing students voluntarily and independently completed a brief, 10-minute survey during a regularly scheduled class meeting. Data showed that participants perceived screening for neglect as important to and consistent with their future professional objectives. In addition, participants reported confidence in their ability to screen for neglect and to better the lives of children and families through universal screening procedures. In contrast, the majority of participants doubted their ability to emotionally tolerate the psychologic burden of routinely assessing caregivers' ability to nurture and protect their offspring. Although the majority of participants reported some degree of anxiety and a substantial minority reported some degree of hopelessness about screening for neglect, most were hopeful that this challenge would yield personal and professional benefits. Overall, data suggested that participants were highly motivated to invest cognitive and emotional resources in learning more about screening for child neglect in primary care settings.
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Title: Prospective nurses' appraisals of screening for child neglect in primary care settings.(Continuing Education Series)
Author: Mary Katherine Waibel-Duncan
Publication: Pediatric Nursing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: January 1, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 32 Issue: 1 Page: 13(5)
Distributed by Thomson Gale
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