Vulnerable Population
Abused Children as a Vulnerable Population
Nicole Correia
NUR/440
May 26, 2013
Leslie Rowan
Abused Children as a Vulnerable Population As a vulnerable population, abused children are at higher risk for suicide depression, aggression, delinquency, learning disorders, and dissociative disorders when compared to non-abused children (Weitzman, 2005). If not acknowledged and treated, abused children can have more serious mental problems as they age. For example, being an abusive relationship, suicidal ideations, substance abuse, and long term physical and mental illness. This paper will define the vulnerable population as it relates to abused children as well as demographic information on a national and state level. When caring for …show more content…
The population at the beach was ethnically diverse, however mainly consisted of the Hispanic culture. The families would come to the beach to enjoy the 90 degree sun and cool water. As a new graduate nurse I have not encountered any source of child abuse at the hospital; however I did experience child neglect/abuse while working as a beach lifeguard. One day a bruised four-year-old child was left at the beach by his parents. Once the authorities found the number to call the parents they stated, “They will come back tomorrow to pick him up.” Child protective services were called and handled the situation as accordingly. I feel lucky that as a nurse I have the knowledge to know what signs of abuse are and ways to handle the situations, whether inside a hospital setting or not. Before this situation occurred, I had always been stereotypically of the Hispanic culture because the parents would let their children swim in the water without knowing how to swim. I just didn’t feel like that was an appropriate thing to do and now I have confirmed my previous thoughts and feelings. Letting a child go into water if unable to swim efficiently, or leaving he/ she at the beach is a form of abuse. That job has taught me a lot of what abuse can “look” like because there are many different forms of child abuse and the signs may not always just be a bruise on the …show more content…
The program will focus on state chapters defining by their focus on the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and similar in many of the activities they support and implement: advocacy, public awareness, training/education, coalition building, collaboration, prevention programming, and child abuse prevention month activities among others. These changes in the delivery of care within the abused children in American health system would improve the accuracy of assessment, help develop programs to improve access to care in many hard to reach populations, and help identify resources for
Nicole Correia
NUR/440
May 26, 2013
Leslie Rowan
Abused Children as a Vulnerable Population As a vulnerable population, abused children are at higher risk for suicide depression, aggression, delinquency, learning disorders, and dissociative disorders when compared to non-abused children (Weitzman, 2005). If not acknowledged and treated, abused children can have more serious mental problems as they age. For example, being an abusive relationship, suicidal ideations, substance abuse, and long term physical and mental illness. This paper will define the vulnerable population as it relates to abused children as well as demographic information on a national and state level. When caring for …show more content…
The population at the beach was ethnically diverse, however mainly consisted of the Hispanic culture. The families would come to the beach to enjoy the 90 degree sun and cool water. As a new graduate nurse I have not encountered any source of child abuse at the hospital; however I did experience child neglect/abuse while working as a beach lifeguard. One day a bruised four-year-old child was left at the beach by his parents. Once the authorities found the number to call the parents they stated, “They will come back tomorrow to pick him up.” Child protective services were called and handled the situation as accordingly. I feel lucky that as a nurse I have the knowledge to know what signs of abuse are and ways to handle the situations, whether inside a hospital setting or not. Before this situation occurred, I had always been stereotypically of the Hispanic culture because the parents would let their children swim in the water without knowing how to swim. I just didn’t feel like that was an appropriate thing to do and now I have confirmed my previous thoughts and feelings. Letting a child go into water if unable to swim efficiently, or leaving he/ she at the beach is a form of abuse. That job has taught me a lot of what abuse can “look” like because there are many different forms of child abuse and the signs may not always just be a bruise on the …show more content…
The program will focus on state chapters defining by their focus on the prevention of child abuse and neglect, and similar in many of the activities they support and implement: advocacy, public awareness, training/education, coalition building, collaboration, prevention programming, and child abuse prevention month activities among others. These changes in the delivery of care within the abused children in American health system would improve the accuracy of assessment, help develop programs to improve access to care in many hard to reach populations, and help identify resources for