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Nurses’ attitudes and practices towards abused women
Author(s) -
Häggblom A. M. E.,
Hallberg L. R.M.,
Möller Anders R.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00242.x
Subject(s) - nursing , government (linguistics) , health care , medicine , service (business) , occupational safety and health , psychology , political science , economics , philosophy , linguistics , economy , pathology , law
The present article is a descriptive survey assessing nurses’ knowledge, training, and practices regarding the care of abused women. A self‐administered questionnaire was sent to all nurses working within the government health organization on the Åland Islands, Finland. The response rate was 57%. Most nurses had no formal training in domestic violence and were less likely than the in‐service‐trained nurses to intervene with abused women. Nurses’ knowledge, beliefs, and practices were found to be unsystematic and had drawbacks. Nurses were not familiar with the formal structure provided by the health administration. The results suggest that in order to meet the urgent need for training among nurses, an in‐service training program needs to be set up. This program would help the nurses in identifying survivors of abuse and make them prepared to intervene more effectively to promote the health of these women.