Caring for a Child with Suspected Sexual Abuse-Juniper Publishers
Juniper Publishers - Journal of Pediatrics Opinion Working in a pediatric setting is both challenging and rewarding experience. To effectively care for the pediatric patients and their families, it is vital for the pediatric nurses to demonstrate critical thinking skills, problem-solving abilities, cultural sensitivity, practical wisdom and sound clinical judgment. Caring for children with suspected sexual abuse requires sound knowledge (clinical and legal), moral decision making, therapeutic communication skills, clinical competencies, and collaborative approach to tackle the challenges posed by these difficult cases in a healthcare setting [ 1 - 3 ]. During my clinical experience at a pediatric setting, caring for a young girl with suspected sexual abuse was both challenging and rewarding experience. Besides abiding by the nursing process, I considered health promotive, curative and rehabilitative aspects to restore health and well-being of the child and family.