Keywords

education, exploitation, human trafficking, labor trafficking, nursing, nursing education, sex trafficking

 

Authors

  1. Washburn, Joy

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Nurses are key people who interact with victims of human trafficking in healthcare and other settings. This article provides a current overview of human trafficking, explains legal definitions, elements for protocols in healthcare settings when trafficking is suspected, nursing roles and responses, interview tools, resources, public health recommendations, and nursing education approaches to address human trafficking.