NUR 4445 Child Abuse Substance Abuse

NUR 4445 Child Abuse & Substance Abuse

• What are risk factors for child abuse in children (7)?

Answer

• emotional/behavioral difficulties

• chronic illness
• unplanned child
• unwanted child
• physical disabilities
• developmental disabilities
• preterm birth

• What are risk factors present in parents that can lead to child abuse (7)?

Answer

• low self-esteem

• poor impulse control
• substance abuse/alcohol abuse
• parent abused as a child
• depression/other mental illness
• poor knowledge of child development/unrealistic expectations of child
• negative perception of normal child behavior

• What are environmental/community risk factors for child abuse (7)?

Answer

• social isolation

• poverty
• unemployment
• low educational achievement
• single parent
• non-biologically related male living in home
• family or IPV

• What are cutaneous findings of child abuse (8)?
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Answer

• Ecchymosis

• Hematomas
• Burns
• Lacerations
• Bites
• Scarring
• Pigmentation changes
• Fractures

• What are some cultural practices that may seem like child abuse but actually aren't (2)?

Answer

• coining

• cupping

• What are normal findings in children that are not S/S of abuse (5)?

Answer

• Toddler learning to walk

forehead, tibial area of leg

• Ecchymosis on bony prominences
• Solitary area of ecchymosis

• Skin variances

Mongolian spot

• Environmental exposures

inks/dyes

• What is the most common finding of child abuse?
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