Do pediatric nurse practitioners recognize sexual abuse?

Journal of Pediatric Health Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 45-49

  Hornor, Gail ^a   McCleery, Janet ^a,b  

^a NATIONWIDE CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Licking Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; INJURY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PEDIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHILD; CHILD ABUSE, SEXUAL; FEMALE; GENITALIA, FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; OHIO; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES;

EID: 0034154896     PISSN: 08915245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mph.2000.101242     Document Type: Article

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