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Powell, Catherine. Safeguarding and Child Protection for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors: A Practical Guide. UK: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011.

Safeguarding and Child Protection for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors: A Practical Guide

Authors: Catherine Powell

Published:  2011

ISBN: 9780335240302 0335236146
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  • Safeguarding and Child Protection for Nurses, Midwives and Health Visitors : A practical guide
  • Contents
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1 Principles for practice
  • Introduction
  • Children and young people
  • Childrens rights
  • Parents and parenting
  • Positive parenting
  • Fatherhood
  • Safeguarding and child protection
  • Risks to childrens well-being
  • Child maltreatment
  • Significant harm
  • The impact of child maltreatment
  • The prevalence of child maltreatment
  • Safeguarding children and public health
  • Skills and competencies for safeguarding and child protection practice
  • Recognizing and responding to child maltreatment
  • Information-sharing and inter-agency working
  • The roles of designated and named professionals
  • Summary
  • 2 Prevention and early intervention
  • Introduction
  • Case 1: Erin − support from the Family Nurse Partnership programme
  • Teenage pregnancy
  • Teenage pregnancy, looked-after children and young people
  • Case 1 continued
  • The Family Nurse Partnership programme
  • Erin: summary of prevention and early intervention
  • Case 2: the Gordon family − assessment of additional needs using the Common Assessment Framework
  • The Common Assessment Framework
  • Case 2 continued
  • The Gordon family: summary of prevention and early intervention
  • Case 3: Natalie − prevention and support from the school nursing service
  • Underage sexual activity
  • Case 3 continued
  • Natalie: summary of prevention and early intervention
  • Summary
  • 3 Physical abuse
  • Introduction
  • Physical abuse
  • Recognizing physical abuse
  • Case 1: Kayla − an infant with bruising
  • Bruising
  • Case 1 continued
  • Referral to childrens social care
  • Case 1 continued
  • Kayla: summary of concerns
  • Case 2: Ethan − a toddler with burns
  • Thermal injuries
  • Case 2 continued
  • Strategy discussions
  • Ethan: summary of concerns
  • Case 3: Naimah − a 6-year-old in hospital
  • Fabricated or induced illness
  • Case 3 continued
  • Naimah: summary of concerns
  • Summary
  • 4 Emotional abuse
  • Introduction
  • Emotional abuse
  • Parenting and emotional abuse
  • Cultural perspectives
  • Prevention of emotional abuse
  • Case 1: Poppy − a 6-year-old child who is ‘difficult to love’
  • Oppositional defiant disorder
  • Case 1 continued
  • Case 2: Tyra − a ‘little mother’ to her siblings
  • Parental substance misuse
  • Case 2 continued
  • The initial child protection conference
  • The nursing contribution
  • The form and function of the initial child protection conference
  • Tyra and her siblings: subject to a child protection plan
  • Case 3: Nilay − a hidden child
  • Multiple challenges
  • Nilay: next steps
  • Summary
  • 5 Sexual abuse
  • Introduction
  • Sexual abuse
  • Indicators of child sexual abuse
  • The effects of child sexual abuse
  • Case 1: Marnie − a 14-year-old at risk
  • Sexual exploitation as a form of child sexual abuse
  • Case 1 continued
  • Case 2: Jodie − a child with disabilities who is subject to a child protection plan
  • Child maltreatment and children with disabilities
  • The child protection plan
  • Jodies child protection plan
  • Case 2 continued
  • Case 3: Stewart − an adult client who discloses activity that is linked with child sexual abuse
  • Child abuse and information and communication technology
  • Case 3 continued
  • Summary
  • 6 Neglect
  • Introduction
  • Neglect
  • Prevalence of neglect
  • Indicators of child neglect
  • The importance of benchmarking parental care
  • Children who are not brought to appointments: an important feature of neglect
  • Parental issues that may lead to neglect of children
  • The role of nurses and midwives
  • Case 1: Jack − a baby at risk of neglect
  • The named midwife
  • Case 1 continued
  • Case 2: Courtney and Kendra − faltering growth
  • Faltering growth
  • The child protection review conference
  • Case 2 continued
  • Case 3: Riley − an accidental ingestion
  • The adverse effects of accidental exposure to buprenorphine in young children
  • Case 3 continued
  • Summary
  • 7 Child death and serious case review
  • Introduction
  • Child death review processes
  • Rapid response
  • The immediate response
  • The early response
  • The later response
  • The child death overview panel
  • Involvement of parents
  • Case 1: Tegan − an unexpected death in infancy
  • Sudden unexpected death in infancy
  • Case 1 continued
  • Learning from the child death overview panel process
  • Serious case review
  • The components of a serious case review
  • Publication of serious case review overview reports
  • Case 2: Preston − non-accidental head injury leading to permanent disability
  • Non-accidental head injury
  • Case 2 continued
  • Summary
  • 8 Messages for practice
  • Introduction
  • Support for practice: are the following in place for you?
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix
  • Safeguarding and child protection policy in England
  • Safeguarding and child protection policy in Wales
  • Safeguarding and child protection policy in Scotland
  • Safeguarding and child protection policy in Northern Ireland
  • References
  • Index