Nursing implication in violent abuse of pregnant women



Abstract

The research study on Nursing Implications in violent abuse of pregnant women is conducted in a holistic manner. It focuses on the researches and the statistics related to the abuses in United States, and talks about the nursing implications in violent abuse of pregnant women. The basic focus is on its relation with nursing and the type of abuses that are being conducted on women. These abuses have various impacts on the sexual, psychological and physical health of a woman. Finally the research describes various factors which are responsible for Abuses and tries to describe the overall effect of behavior of women and society.

Nursing implication in violent abuse of pregnant women

Introduction

Nursing is a health care profession where an individual take care's of a particular patient, so that they can attain or recover from their illness. Whereas violent abuse of pregnant women defines, the violent attitude or mistreatment alleged toward the pregnant women by either their partners, by drug usage or anything. Violence against women has always received amplified consideration with researchers. Violence against women is now seen as a compound health problem and not just a criminal or social problem.

Researches

Recent population based surveys have found a 33-37% lifetime prevalence and a 3-12% annual prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV). More than 7% of women have been sexually assaulted by an intimate partner in their lifetime and 0.2% has been assaulted in the last year. In numerous research overviews, such as Campbell, Garcia-Moreno, and Sharps (2004), as well as meta-analyses (Murphy et. al, 2001), abuse during pregnancy is recognized as a risk to the health of a woman (depression, smoking), her fetus, and neonate (e.g., low birth weight, child abuse).

Statistics

As many as 3% to 19% of pregnant women are abused; the most widespread prevalence reported is between 3.9% and 8.3% across studies in North America (Gazmararian et al., 1996). These data underscore the importance of health professionals' assessment of all pregnant women for IPV. More than 95% of pregnant women receive prenatal care, and often abused women do not seek medical care except during pregnancy (Basile. 2008). Early recognition and subsequent care of those affected by IPV can facilitate more positive short- and long-term health outcomes. Despite the importance of the IPV-maternal health relationship, few studies have addressed the abused women's mental health concerns.

Signs and Symptoms

Major signs and symptoms of kinds of abuses done on pregnant women can be of physical, sexual or psychological. These signs are posing negative symptoms toward the health and well being of pregnant women.

Physical Violence

Physical violence is regarded as the fatal or non-fatal physical assault such as aggression for the physical harms to partner in terms of grabbing, kicking, pushing, hitting with objects or fists, biting or shoving, beating up severely resulting in bruises and complicated ailment and threatening with wife or gun.

Sexual Assault

There is a difference in legal definitions of rape and sexual assault. There essential element still remains the same of victim consent to sexual ...