33520 Reporting of Child Maltreatment for Professionals: Part 2

Course overview

Discussion of the rules for reporting child maltreatment for professionals, including mandatory reporting, common mistakes, and case scenarios related to reporting, as well as components for enhancing clinician experience and reducing trauma or CE-CERT. Child abuse and neglect are serious public health problems, and result from the interaction of a number of individual, family, societal, and environmental factors. A non-child protective services (CPS) study estimated that one in four children in the United States experience some form of child abuse and/or neglect during their childhood. Child abuse and neglect may have a great impact on the future well-being and lifelong health of a child, predisposing them to problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder and learning or memory difficulties. Many healthcare workers, including nurses, are mandated reporters of child abuse and/or neglect, and must have knowledge regarding how to appropriately report suspected abuse. Part two of this two-part program discusses key points related to mandatory reporting, safety, common mistakes, and case scenarios related to reporting.