[miarose]

Hi! I am about to enter nursing school. I would like to know if there are nursing jobs that specialize in helping children of abuse? Should I try to work in a childrens E.R or ICU? I have heard of childrens forensic nursing but have not found any information on it. Thank you in advance for any information you can give me.

[elkpark]

There is no specialty of "child abuse nursing," but pediatric nurses deal with injuries related to abuse a lot, and child psychiatric nurses see a lot of abused kids. As you note, there are also roles for nurses in forensics, although I've never heard of anyone specializing in child forensics (doesn't mean it doesn't exist -- just that I've haven't heard of it so far ).

I know some child psych nurses take the SANE (sexual assualt nurse examiner) training and specialize in doing the physical exams and evidence collection on children that have been raped/assaulted.

There are many, many possibilities for specialization and different roles "out there" (and the possibilities are changing and increasing all the time!), and I'm sure you'll pick up a lot of information as you got through school. If you want to work with abused children, I guarantee you you'll have plenty of opportunities.

Best wishes for your studies and new adventure!

[NurseCherlove]

Kudos to you Mia for desiring to apply your energies to such a cause. My problem is that I would want to beat the crap out of the abusers!

[litbitblack]

I have an oppurtunity to be trained as a sane nurse but am worried that I would'nt be able to do it. any suggestions....