title: Caught in the crossfire: children, guns, and trauma.
abstract: Violence, especially that related to the use of firearms, has become a leading cause of death in children in the United States. Providing physical and psychosocial care for the child with a gunshot wound is a nursing challenge. Nurses can and must play a major role in helping to prevent this public health problem.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Moloney-Harmon
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Czerwinski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003422:Critical Care; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D012307:Risk Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014948:Wounds, Gunshot / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control