Family Violence and Nursing Practice, Second Edition

Book info: Family Violence and Nursing Practice, Second Edition (Paperback, 478 pages) – Springer Publishing Company, 2010. Language: English.

Nurses too often encounter battered women, abused children, and other victims of family violence in hospital and emergency room settings. Nurses therefore have a unique and important role to play in the prevention, identification, and mitigation of violence. This newly revised second edition is a landmark resource that provides comprehensive, nursing-focused coverage of intimate partner violence (IPV), child abuse, and more.

This textbook provides a detailed overview of all types of family and other violence, including IPV, same-sex IPV, abuse during pregnancy, intimate partner homicide, stalking, violence against women with disabilities, dating violence, child abuse, children witnessing violence, sexual assault of both children and adults, and elder abuse. The book offers both graduate and undergraduate nursing students a clear view of the essential theories, interventions, and issues surrounding nursing and family violence-presenting an approach that empowers nurses to contribute to the prevention of this worldwide health problem.

• Chapters on legal and forensic issues address the nurse's role and responsibilities when confronting family violence
• In-depth attention to cultural issues promote culturally relevant practice
• Abundant diagrams and tables offer quick access to essential standards for care
• Practice assessment forms and model interventions give practical strategies for addressing family violence
• A new chapter describes international work in family violence

Janice Humphreys, PhD, RN, NP, FAANis Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Practice in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of California at San Francisco.

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN, is a professor and the Anna D. Wolf Chair at the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. She is a national leader in research and advocacy in the field of domestic violence, or intimate partner violence (IPV). She has authored or coauthored more than 250 publications and seven books on violence, its health outcomes, and interventions for survivors.