Child Abuse Identification and Reporting: Iowa Training for Mandatory Reporters
Objectives
Upon completion of this course, the learner will be able to:
- Discuss the scope of the problem of child abuse.
- Identify the legal definitions of categories of child abuse in Iowa.
- Describe possible indicators, physical and behavioral, of the categories of child abuse.
- Describe the perpetrators of child abuse and maltreatment/neglect.
- Evaluate situations to determine if a report of child abuse should be made.
- State the criteria for reporting the categories of child abuse.
- Describe the reporting procedure.
- Discuss the process that the Department of Human Services uses to evaluation whether or not child abuse occurred.
- Explore possible outcomes and services for cases of child abuse.
- State how the Iowa Safe Haven for Newborns law impacts mandated reports.
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| Approved By: | State of Iowa, Department of Public Health, Abuse Education Review Panel, Approval #2431 |
| CE Credits: | 4.0 Contact Hours; credit available until 01/11/2013 Access Continuing Education, Inc. is approved as a provider of nursing continuing education (provider #09-06-003PR) by the Vermont State Nurses' Association, Inc., which is accredited as an approver of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. |
| Cost: | $30.00 *NOTE: If your association, employer, or organization is paying for this course, and you log in utilizing the correct procedure provided by your association/employer/organization, you will not be charged upon completion of the test. Be sure to check with your association/employer/organization for the correct login procedure. |
| Directions: | Click here for Directions |
| Author: | Silvia Y. Beaupre, MS, RN, CS, NP, PMHNP-BC |
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