Lessons Learned: Public Health Nurses Practice in Safeguarding Children in the Republic of Ireland

Global Pediatric Health

AmandaPhelan¹ 

关键词: public health nurse;    child protection;    Irel;    legislation;    safeguarding;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2333794X15574087

学科分类：医学（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

The public health nurses’ scope of practice explicitly includes child protection within their role, which places them in a prime position to identify child protection concerns. This role compliments that of other professions and voluntary agenices who work with children. Public health nurses are in a privileged position as they form a relationship with the child’s parent(s)/guardian(s) and are able to see the child in its own environment, which many professionals cannot. Child protection in Ireland, while influenced by other countries, has progressed through a distinct pathway that streamlined protocols and procedures. However, despite the above serious failures have occurred in the Irish system, and inquiries over the past 20 years persistently present similar contributing factors, namely, the lack of standardized and comprehensive service responses. Moreover, poor practice is compounded by the lack of recognition of the various interactional processes taking place within and between the different agenci...

【 授权许可】

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