[ANSWER] NURS2022 Assessment 1 – Role of the Registered Nurse in Child Aware Practice: A Focus on Consent and Mandatory Reporting Issues for Children

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NURS2022 Assessment 1 – Role of the Registered Nurse in Child Aware Practice

Premised on the National Framework for Protecting Australia’s Children 2009-2020, child aware practice is an approach to caring for and protecting children that recognises not only the child’s individual needs, but also their family and the broader social context in which they live (Barry, Moore & McArthur 2014). Child aware practice recognises the unique physical, psychosocial, and cognitive needs of children depending on their developmental stage; it acknowledges the needs of parents with children and responds to familial factors that expose children to neglect and abuse; draws on the strengths of the child and their parents to promote child and parental wellbeing and ensures culturally competent practice (Hunter & Price-Robertson 2014).

To put it simply, child aware practice brings together child-focused, family-centred, strengths-based, and culture-oriented approaches to care with a view to ensuring more effective care for the child and their family. This is important as the child’s immediate social environment, especially parents and the larger family, shape their development and wellbeing in significant ways. For example, domestic violence as well as substance abuse and mental health problems in parents can expose children to neglect and abuse…[Buy Full Answer for Just USD 9: 1874 WORDS]

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