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M Kreitzer

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PubMed1981

Legal aspects of child abuse: guidelines for the nurse.

Legislation provides certain mandates for the identification and treatment of child abuse and neglect. State intervention on behalf of the child occurs at the onset of suspected abuse or neglect. Court involvement may be necessary to ensure the protection of children through court-ordered provision of services to families. The implementation of legal mandates requires a multidisciplinary effort, so that nurses who work with children and families need to know the child abuse legislation of the state in which they practice. Because of their professional skills, nurses are in a vital position to identify and assist vulnerable children and families. Through effective reporting, record-keeping, and an understanding of the uses and benefits of court intervention, nurses can effect a positive impact upon the legal system in behalf of abused children and their families.

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Improved surveillance of maternal deaths.

This study explains and verifies an apparent increase in the New Jersey resident maternal mortality rate from 1.7 per 10,000 live births by the state's traditional method to 3.1 per 10,000 live births by a new method of surveillance instituted in late 1974. In 1975, the maternal mortality rate by the traditional method was 1.5 per 10,000 and by the expanded method, 3.0 per 10,000. The traditional method compiled data from death certificates submitted to the State Vital Statistics Office. The expanded method found additional deaths by review of Annual Maternity Services Reports from hospitals and by close follow-up of individual reports of maternal deaths from medical examiners, physicians and hospitals.

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