Well, the definition of abuse is defined by courts. If, in my work duties (or even off duty actually)I notice strange unexplainable bruising, bleeding, cuts, burns or even behaviors that may indicate abuse of a client, I call the police. It has happened to me once, and, I was right. What if I had ignored my suspicions and said nothing?
Good for you. What happens if you are wrong? Ever been on that end of it before? Hmm? Any idea what happens after you point your finger?
Do you have half a clue about the incompetency, ignorance, arrogance and down right criminal behavior of the so called child protective service employees? That if they don’t like you you are in for a very rough ride? That they get sued and lose all of the time(tax payer money), and NOTHING happens to them? That the majority of them are liberals with a liberals point of view about child rearing and the role of govt in that endeavor?
I worked around those asshats for 30 years, and had personal dealings with them. I hold them in complete and utter contempt. I hope that you and every other ignorant american gets the pleasure of having them in your personal life because of an over zealous fingerpointer.
“Well, the definition of abuse is defined by courts.”
Really? I thought the legislature defined criminal conduct. Pretty smug in your ignorance, aren’t you.
I've been my wife's caregiver 25 years. Good doctors check and ask questions. About 7 years ago we had to change primary care doctors. The doctor had never met us before and my wife had some old healed over pressure sores. He asked plenty of questions and I knew where he was coming from on it asking how each one happened and I knew how each one happened. Pressure sores come from vitamin issues a lot of times. {Biotin works wonders}.
We have an established trust with the doctor now and it's a lot more relaxed. It raised his suspicion too that I was in the exam room with her. I have been since day one because I do the lifting if needed and I am the one who has to do things like appointment scheduling, getting meds etc. That and I have her medical history in my head LOL.
I've also been on the other part as a Foster Parent in this state and I know the problems of the DCS in Tennessee. I have been involved in an abuse case. I know how a kid acts that has been abused sexually and I know how a kids acts that has been abused emotionally. Unless the kids behavior was strange as in acting out etc the nurse should have let the doctor handle it. Had their been an abuse case she likely blew it doing what she did anyway.
Someone experienced in abuse in children can get a lot more detail not in what they see by examining the area the nurse did first but what they see & hear in the child. Many perps molesting small kids just touch and you're not going to tell anything much anyhow. In older children such an exam doesn't tell them much either. They go more on behavioral. The first to pick up on it at school would have likely been the teacher.