Main description:

Highlighting and examining the vital role of nurses in protecting children from maltreatment, this book explores the input of nurses from different disciplines to the work of protecting children and young people. It draws on relevant theoretical, research and policy literature but focuses in particular on the evidence base for the value of their work.While orientated towards UK practice, the book includes some comparative material to add a wider European perspective. The text includes discussion of specialist public health nursing roles such as health visiting and school nursing, as well as the contribution of those who have more general nursing roles but whose work brings them into contact with children, young people and their families.This volume will inform all qualified nurses working in acute care and primary care settings who have contact with children, young people and their families. It will also be of use to those undertaking post-qualifying and post-graduate courses and is particularly relevant for Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPHNs) many of whom, once qualified, have significant child protection roles in practice.

Contents:

Acknowledements. The Contributors. Glossary of Abbreviations. Foreword. 1: Child protection, public health and nursing (Appleton & Peckover); 2: Child maltreatment: An issue for public health nursing (Peckover); 3: The unique contribution of British health visiting to child protection practice (Appleton); 4: Looking beyond the UK (Bradbury-Jones, Paavilainen and Taylor); 5: Safeguarding and child protection: The important contribution of the wider nursing and midwifery workforce (Powell); 6: Small signs, big risks: The importance of early detection (Bradbury-Jones and Taylor); 7: Safeguarding services in NHS acute hospitals: The challenge of leadership (Smith); 8: Child protection, public health and nursing: Final thoughts (Appleton & Peckover). References. Index.