Child welfare
What each child welfare question is really asking, how to structure the answer, and where the marks are likely to sit.
Child welfare services decision-making reflection
Child welfare
After completing the Child Welfare Services Simulation Quiz, reflect in several paragraphs on how decisions are made in child welfare, the challenges you would face in making decisions about children's welfare, and how you would overcome them.
A discussion on the BBC investigation America's Child Death Shame: summarize what you learned, identify what struck you hardest, and describe the challenges human services professionals face in child abuse cases with your suggestions for handling them.
Choose one of the infant, toddler, preschool or school-age groups and outline the types of abuse most common at that age, the warning signs and assessment findings a nurse may see, cultural health practices that can be misidentified as abuse, and your state's reporting mechanism with nurse responsibilities.