Sexual violence against children and adolescents: nurses performance in their professional practice.

• Autor(a) principal: Batalha, Gabriel Fernandes
• Data de Publicação: 2023
• Outros Autores: Santos, Denise Alves, Neto, Neemias Costa Duarte, Martins, Aldenir Silva, de Sousa, Clice Pimentel Cunha, Queiroz, Patrícia Lima, Costa, Andrea Suzana Vieira, Gomes, Franco Celso da Silva, Sousa, Maria do Socorro Marques, Trindade, Déborah Adriane Pinheiro, Batista, Marcia Rodrigues Veras, Loyola, Cristina Maria Douat, Aragão, Francisca Bruna Arruda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Brazilian Journal of Implantology and Health Sciences
• Texto Completo: https://bjihs.emnuvens.com.br/bjihs/article/view/393
• topic: Abuso Sexual na Infância; Maus-Tratos Infantis; e Papel do Profissional de Enfermagem.; Sexual Abuse in Childhood; Childhood Maltreatment; and Role of the Nursing Professional.

The sexual barbarity faced in childhood is identified as an obstacle in public health and a factor that causes numerous complications in the personal, family and social life of the victim; covering psychological, legal, social aspects causing traumas for the entire experience. Nursing is of utmost importance in preventive and educational actions, as well as in the suspicion of what has happened. Therefore, the article aims to identify sexual violence against children and adolescents, recognizing the role of nurses in their professional practice. This is an integrative bibliographic analysis with a qualitative approach, through bibliographic searches in the bases of BVS-BIREME, LILACS, SciELO and BDENF, and analysis of studies published in full, from 2017 to 2022, free in Portuguese, English and Spanish, which have in their title the health descriptors related to the theme. The research used for the preparation of this article demonstrate the assistance and care of nurses aimed at victims, describing their attributions and interventions in professional practice as well as possible complications and related diagnoses. It is concluded that nursing has an incisive role in the detection of such occurrences. However, to implement an effective performance and offer an adequate and efficient service, nurses must be trained for this purpose.