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Roman Hailo
Major: Nursing
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Nursing Research and Domestic Violence

To investigate the frameworks and themes that dominates the discussion of domestic violence and health. Purpose is to review the domestic violence literature published in peer- reviewed nursing journals. The study focuses at the prevalence of women presenting with intimate partner violence injuries in emergency department. Further research needed on the role of nursing in caring for victims in primary settings, focus on special interest populations and investigating on the implementation of intervention programs for victims to increase screening procedures.

Literature review findings indicate that a need for nurses and nurse educators to examine their attitudes and beliefs that affect the care for victims of abuse. Findings suggest that nurse educators must develop opportunities for students to address public health concern of violence related content into the nursing curriculum. This research will identify the learning experience in the curricula of nursing programs that describes evidence related to faculty development activities to increase awareness and effective responsiveness to domestic violence.


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