Assistência de enfermagem à crianças vitimas de abuso sexual: uma revisão integrativa

Abstract

Child sexual abuse refers to any and all sexual conduct maintained between an adult and a minor defined by the action between those involved in the relationship and the presence of coercion, both implicit and explicit, making it necessary to take measures against such a crime. And it is the nurse's responsibility to protect, detect and report any case of violence against children and adolescents that may arise during their work. In this context, the present work aims to address, in light of the literature, nursing care for children who are victims of sexual abuse. This is an integrative literature review, which was carried out in the following databases: Latin American and Caribbean Literature in Health Sciences, Nursing Database and Medical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System Online (MEDLINE). The advanced search strategies were used: “nursing care” AND “child abuse, sexual” and “criança” AND “assistência de enfermagem” AND “abuso sexual”. Ten articles were selected to compose the review, which demonstrated that in addition to the technical part, such as identifying injuries, the role of nursing provides a subjective content, focused on listening, welcoming the child and family, and identifying this suspicion of sexual abuse, the nurse shares the case with other areas to continue the care, such as social assistance and the medical profession itself. In the meantime, nursing care for children who are victims of sexual abuse is essential, as care for this population demands an extremely sensitive and humanized approach from the nursing team.