Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

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NR110.493 Family Violence
Description: An elective focusing on the causes and extent of violence in the family, the human responses to violence, the influence of culture and community on violence in the family and nursing interventions for the problem on the primary, secondary and tertiary prevention levels. Areas of violence in the family to be examined will include child abuse, wife abuse, sexual abuse, violence involving adolescent family members, abuse of elderly family members and homicide. Students will also have an opportunity to experience a field placement in a community agency providing services to violent or potentially violent families.
Credits: 3
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