THE Abused child: nursing intervention

Abstract

Child abuse is an issue of great relevance in Chile. The Third Study of Child Abuse created by the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF] in 2006, showed a 75.3% of children are victims of any kind of violence, which can be physical or psychological, and may re sult in serious complications in their health. This study was done during a clinical experience in a children's hospital of Metropolitan Region and pretends to pose nursing interventions to hospita lized children for child abuse. The nursing staff fulfills a vital role in the process of health recovery in child abuse cases. It is important to consider both the child's context and vital cicle stage, as well as identifying and enhancing the abilities of both the child in question and the person taking care of him, promoting resilience, increasing attachment to others and self-caring with the aim of contributing safe environments that allow the child's effective biological, psychological and social development.