229084 Injury Patterns Indicating Elder Mistreatment

Tuesday, November 9, 2010 : 1:30 PM - 1:45 PM

Dan Sheridan, PhD, RN, FNE-A, FAAN , School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Participants will learn techniques for improving their forensic documentation, both written and photographic, of patients with abuse-related injuries. A series of instructive injury slides will be shown to demonstrate patterned injuries and injuries in various stages of healing.

Learning Areas:
Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Basic medical science applied in public health
Other professions or practice related to public health
Public health or related education
Social and behavioral sciences

Learning Objectives:
Identify and describe abuse related injuries of elders

Keywords: Aging, Violence Prevention

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have conducted years of research on forensic markers of elder mistreatment and presented and written nationally on the topic.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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