Question

A 5-year-old girl is being admitted with a possible diagnosis of child abuse. The child has bruises in various places on her body that the caregiver attributes to the child playing soccer. Bruises associated with child abuse would likely be found in which areas of the body?

Answer 1

Answer:The bruised will be found on delicate places such as cheeks, arms , buttocks mostly and neck.

Explanation:Usually people take belts or other forms of punishing tools and they will beat a child at their buttocks or they will smack them on the cheeks or even twist their arms around which may leave bruises on the arms .

If the nurse find consistent bruising in all these places it will be a cause for concern and consulting social workers may be the option .