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Annotated Bibliography

Bethany Onopa GED

The University of Texas at El Paso

RWS 1301

April 1, 2018
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Abstract

This annotated bibliography was created to help bring light as to what nursing and

domestic violence are, how and who it affects, and the ways the UTEP community is raising

awareness.
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Annotated Bibliography

I hypothesize that I will be able to see a new point of view of the nursing community. I

have been mostly thinking about what I would be caring for, not necessarily how they got what

they got. I also hope to find some new statistics and a new viewpoint on the psychology of future

patients with mental setbacks like this one. I hope that I will be able to learn about how/whether

or not domestic violence affects students like myself in the medical field and how aware we are

of it. I also hope to learn about the amount or awareness people have of the help that they can get

for these terrible acts that can be committed on them, or maybe even to seek help to see if they

can be cured of the mental break themselves.

Research Questions

1. How does domestic violence affect the nursing community professionally?

2. How can nurses help victims or perpetrators of domestic violence who need help?
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Annotated Bibliography

Carter, L. S., Weithorn, L. A., & Behrman, R. E. (1999). Domestic violence and children:

Analysis and recommendations. The Future of Children, 9(3), 4-20. 10.2307/1602778

Retrieved from http://0-www.jstor.org.lib.utep.edu/stable/1602778

L. Carter claims that children are “largely invisible” victim in domestically violent

situations. As such, there needs to be and has been a growing awareness for this issue and

how it affects the children’s behavioral, emotional, social, and cognitive development.

Carter then lists recommended responses to aid children who have already been

negatively affected by domestic violence such as reporting to CPS. In a case like that,

there may be law processes that take place to properly remove the child from the

situation, as they should not be involved in violence at such a young age if they are to

grow up with the least amount of mental scarring. But according to the author, this is the

best option for the child/children.

Horner, M. S., Carlsten, C., Morvant, C., Lebas, J., Chauvin, P., Webster, J., & Creedy, D. K.

(2002). Domestic violence. BMJ: British Medical Journal, 325(7354), 44-45. Retrieved

from http://0-www.jstor.org.lib.utep.edu/stable/25451764

James B. Robins claims that modern European literature is biased and the people don’t

focus on female-to-male domestic violence as much as they do male-to-female. It is not

only men who commit domestic violence, but it is portrayed that men are always the

oppressors and women are always the ones who suffer. Documents throughout the years

do not pay attention to the statistics against men as much as they do against women. To

help bring awareness to this issue, European sentinel network of practice was established

and assessed the issues of the lack of routine involvement of primary care practitioners
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and the difficulties in screening for domestic violence in general practice. They are now

looking into assessing and bringing awareness by having more than just check boxes on

the assessment sheets in offices, or in some cases at least add a check box to registrar

paper work.

Kingsley, M. A., A Proposed Course in Advanced Pediatric Nursing. (1945). The American

Journal of Nursing, 45(8), 645-653. doi:10.2307/3416742

The author claims that nurses need to have an additional course to further learn how to

care specifically for children titled “Advanced Pediatric nursing”. Hospitals are looking

for people who are fully qualified to “function” as clinical instructors, supervisors, and

head nurses in pediatric services in their facilities and they must be trained to care for

children specifically; the same way that doctors are trained in specialties. The course’s

purpose is to “prepare clinical specialists to give and guide skilled and understanding care

to infants and children of all ages.” Having a class specifically to teach nursing students

how to care for children is very useful in helping nurses learn how to care for patients

that vary in age (specifically children) properly. Caring for children, adults and elderly

people vary by interaction. One cannot speak to and care for a child the same way they

would an adult or a geriatric patient. These age differences require a caretaker to have

certain social and physical skills that are taught only in this class.

Latham, H. C., Heckel, R. V., & Moore, M. C. (1967). Pediatric nursing. St. Louis: Mosby.

According to Latham and Heckel, pediatric nursing is a very complex and serious

position that requires very specific instructions and procedure. Becoming a nurse is a

very trying task and the job itself, once students have been certified to start working, will

present many new tasks that they now know must be done properly. The way to achieve
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and perfect any task is through proper instruction and proper practice. The main goal of a

pediatric nurse, or any medical professional, is not to be taken lightly in any way. As a

pediatric nurse, it is their job is to make sure that children, as well as their parents, are in

a complete state of well-being. It is the job of these medical professionals and others to

help them achieve and maintain that state in any way possible.

Nelson, H., Sr. (n.d.). UTEP Events to Bring Awareness During Domestic Violence Prevention

and Action Month. Retrieved March 24, 2018, from http://news.utep.edu/utep-events-to-

bring-awareness-during-domestic-violence-prevention-and-action-month/

H. Nelson Sr. is part of the OSCCR for UTEP. She has stated that in the month of

October, which is domestic violence prevention and action month, the OSCCR will be

offering a series of events related to preventing and addressing domestic violence. The

OSCCR, which is an acronym for The Office of Student Conduct and Conflict

Resolution, is directly related to handling domestic violence situations on campus. They

felt the initiative to bring awareness to domestic violence, not only due to their direct

affiliation, but because it is an important issue that college students should be aware of

and try to help prevent. They should learn to “read the signs” as they are transitioning

into adulthood which may involve serious relationships and marriage, so they do not get

involved with anything of that sort. To bring awareness they have multiple organizations

and events that students can participate in throughout the month and further on, to learn

from and join to help them get involved with. They want to help student bring awareness

and enlightenment to the issue itself and of the help that the school can offer them, as this

is a school with many resources that are both in and out of the classroom.
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Rudd, K., & Kocisko, D. (2014). Pediatric nursing: the critical components of nursing care.

Philadelphia: F.A. Davis Co., [2014]

Rudd & Kocisko claim that providing care for children differs from caring for adults.

They state “caring for children is not just caring for little adults…” which implies that

children have different needs and personalities than adults, so they require a different

technique of care than an adult. There have been many studies done that prove nurses

who have never cared for children do not have the same knowledge as nurses who do. In

pediatric nursing, the subject of care is not always just the child, it also involves their

caregiver. The role of a nurse is not just one simple task. Being a nurse requires skills that

are typed into over 500 pages of mandatory tasks. These tasks need to be mastered, that

knowledge needs to be memorized, and then there is also much more valuable

information that is learned only though experience, not simply just read in a book and

mastered after being applied the first time.

Vincent, J. P., & Jouriles, E. N. (2000). Domestic violence : guidelines for research-informed

practice. London; Philadelphia: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2000.

Elizabeth Ezell and Renee McDonald state that there are numerous ways to help the

children of battered women. Children’s exposure to domestic violence is beginning to

gain recognition as an important health and social concern. There have been many studies

done to research how the children cope with this issue. Along with that, there are also

many things that can be done to help these children and prevent them from developing

permanent emotional and behavioral problems. The proposed solution is to find the

appropriate time to intervene and suggests a number of associations who can help with

that intervention such as Project SUPPORT.