title: Understanding abuse and violence against women: a two-day immersion course.
abstract: The author describes a 2-day immersion course on woman abuse/family violence conducted for undergraduate nursing students. The goals of the course were to assist students in developing a commitment to routine screening, to become comfortable with screening questions, and to build confidence in their ability to respond to women who disclose past or present abuse.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, USA. rabelknap@starband.net
authors.forename: Ruth Ann
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Belknap
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004508:Education, Nursing, Baccalaureate / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008403:Mass Screening; D008513:Medicine in Literature; D009730:Nursing Assessment; D011287:Prejudice; D012650:Self Disclosure; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013338:Students, Nursing / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D016387:Women's Health