Online Brazilian Journal of Nursing (Dec 2009)

The nurse in sexual abuse child suspicion attention: a phenomenology approach

  • Lia Leão Ciuffo,
  • Benedita Maria Rêgo Deusdará Rodrigues,
  • Janice Machado da Cunha

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3

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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Abstract:</span></strong><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: black; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Introduction</strong>: This study brings reflexions</span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; color: blue; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">and contributions<span style="color: blue;"> </span><span style="color: black;">about nurse attendance in child sexual abuse suspicion, in view the gravity and seriousness of this issue in society and the possibilities of actions to be undertaken by nurse face the child and his family, considering health promotion, protection and prevention. <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Objective</strong> was to analyze nurse actions in child sexual abuse suspicion context <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Methodology</strong>: qualitative research based on sociological phenomenology of Alfred Schutz, which emphasizes social relations and define the action as human conduct with a purpose, namely, has an intent, the <em style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">In – Order- To</em> motives of the action, that were captured by phenomenological interview. The questions that guided the interview were: When you attend a child with sexual abuse suspicion, what do you do? ; What you have in mind with nurse actions triggered in this type of attendance? Why? <strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Results:</strong> The analysis of speech allowed the apprehension of four categories: interact with other professionals for child care; establish a dialogue and an open allowing, a care with a prospect from the other, to attend the children and fulfilling the routines of the unit.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Conclusions:</strong> From interviews comprehension and interpretation the understanding was that nurse’s actions can propel nurses in child health area research and offering possible interferences in family and child assistance and in yours healthy growing and development. </span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Relevance to clinical practice:</strong><span style="color: black;"> the study contributes to a better<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>attendance and identification of child sexual abuse suspicion by the nurse and <span>a wide vision in violence cases assistance</span>.</span><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"></strong></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36.0pt;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US"> </span></strong></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;" lang="EN-US">Keywords:<strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"> </strong>Nursing. Child. Sexual abuse. </span><span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: Arial;">Ph<span style="color: black;">enomenology.</span></span></p>

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