Public Health Nurses’ Professional Practices to Prevent, Recognize, and Respond to Suspected Child Maltreatment in Home Visiting: An Interpretive Descriptive Study

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dc.contributor.authorJack, S. M., Gonzalez, A., Marcellus, L., Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., Van Borek, N., ... & Waddell, C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-22T18:59:19Z
dc.date.available2021-02-22T18:59:19Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this analysis was to understand public health nurses’ experiences in preventing and addressing suspected child maltreatment within the context of home visiting. The principles of interpretive description guided study decisions and data were generated from interviews with 47 public health nurses. Data were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis. The findings highlighted that public health nurses have an important role in the primary prevention of child maltreatment. These nurses described a six-step process for managing their duty to report suspected child maltreatment within the context of nurse-client relationships. When indicators of suspected child maltreatment were present, examination of experiential practice revealed that nurses developed reporting processes that maximized child safety, highlighted maternal strengths, and created opportunities to maintain the nurse-client relationship. Even with child protection involvement, public health nurses have a central role in continuing to work with families to develop safe and competent parenting skills.en_US
dc.identifier.citationJack, S. M., Gonzalez, A., Marcellus, L., Tonmyr, L., Varcoe, C., Van Borek, N., ... & Waddell, C. (2021). Public Health Nurses’ Professional Practices to Prevent, Recognize, and Respond to Suspected Child Maltreatment in Home Visiting: An Interpretive Descriptive Study. Global Qualitative Nursing Research, 8, 2333393621993450.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/2333393621993450
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/4997
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherGlobal Qualitative Nursing Researchen_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectnurseen_US
dc.subjectpublic healthen_US
dc.subjectresearchen_US
dc.subjecthome visitingen_US
dc.subjectmandatory reportingen_US
dc.subjectinterpretive descriptionen_US
dc.subjectCanadaen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.titlePublic Health Nurses’ Professional Practices to Prevent, Recognize, and Respond to Suspected Child Maltreatment in Home Visiting: An Interpretive Descriptive Studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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