Family Violence and Nursing Practice (Paperback)

Nurses too often encounter battered women, abused children, and other victims of family violence in hospital and emergency room settings. Nurses therefore have a unique and important role to play in the prevention, identification, and mitigation of violence. This newly revised second edition is a landmark resource that provides comprehensive, nursing-focused coverage of intimate partner violence (IPV), child abuse, and more.

This textbook provides a detailed overview of all types of family and other violence, including IPV, same-sex IPV, abuse during pregnancy, intimate partner homicide, stalking, violence against women with disabilities, dating violence, child abuse, children witnessing violence, sexual assault of both children and adults, and elder abuse. The book offers both graduate and undergraduate nursing students a clear view of the essential theories, interventions, and issues surrounding nursing and family violence-presenting an approach that empowers nurses to contribute to the prevention of this worldwide health problem.

• Chapters on legal and forensic issues address the nurse's role and responsibilities when confronting family violence
  
• In-depth attention to cultural issues promote culturally relevant practice
  
• Abundant diagrams and tables offer quick access to essential standards for care
  
• Practice assessment forms and model interventions give practical strategies for addressing family violence
  
• A new chapter describes international work in family violence
  

Janice Humphreys, PhD, RN, NP, FAANis Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Practice in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at the University of California at San Francisco. Previous to her position at UCSF, Dr. Humphreys taught at the University of Michigan and Wayne State University Schools of Nursing. She is a Pediatric Nursing Practitioner and actively serves in several professional organizations including elected offices for the Nursing network on Violence Against Women (Pres. 2003 -'05) ; American Academy of Nursing Co-chair Expert Panel on Violence (2006 - now); and Board Member for the Academy on Violence and Abuse (2008 -present). She is an ad hoc referee for numerous professional journals, including J of Family Nursing; J of Midwifery/Women's Health; Nursing Research; Clin Child & Family psychology; J of Interpersonal Violence J of Pediatrics, Nursing Outlook, and Family Violence Prevention and Health Practice. She is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (invited 2006).

Jacquelyn C. Campbell, PhD, RN, FAAN is Professor and Anna D. Wolf Chair at the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, Baltimore. She is the recipent of multiple honors and awards, including several recent awards of merit: Duke Univ Distinguished Contributions to Nursing Science Award (2008) and the Jeanne Gieger Crisis Changemaker Award (along with Sen. Joe Biden & Eve Ensler 2007) and three honorary doctorates (U of Goteberg, Sweden; U Mass, & Grand Valley State Univ, Michigan). Her >150 publications include peer-reviewed research, book chapters and six books. She has served as Consultant numerous times on health disparities, minority health promotion, and interdisciplinary research training on violence, among others. Her incredibly vast funded research spans a variety of funding sources including: NIH, NIJ, CDC & DOD; and a variety of abuse topics including: Abuse status/Health Consequences for African Am/Afro-Caribbean Women, Domestic Violence Enhanced Home Visitation, Health/Employment Outcomes of Workplace Violence for Nursing Personnel; Eval of Intimate Partner Violence Intervention; Risk Assessment Validation Studies; Understanding Causes of Violence in Northern India; among others. Dr. Campbell is a Fellow in the American Academy of Nursing (1988).