Are nurses equipped to manage actual or suspected elder abuse?
If you suspected that an elderly patient had been abused, would you know what action to take? If you witnessed abuse by a colleague, how would you react? A study investigating nurses' reactions to such scenarios revealed that many were unsure how to proceed and worried about the repercussions. This paper looks at reasons why abuse may not be reported.
Camden and Islington NHS Mental Health and Social Care Trust, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Whittington Hospital, London.
Ginnette
G
Kitchen
Barbora
B
Richardson
Gill
G
Livingston
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002983:Clinical Competence; D004552:Elder Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses