Increasing Use of Trauma-Informed Care Amongst Nursing & Hospital Staff
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2023-11-28
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Studies have shown that about 50 percent of adults will experience at least one traumatic event at some point in their life (Guest, 2021). Traumatic events that can take a toll on an individual’s emotional and physical well-being include sexual or physical abuse, emotional abuse, loss of a loved one, accidents, natural disasters, or terrorist acts. In order to improve patient outcomes and avoid re-traumatization, healthcare workers can adopt Trauma-Informed Care (TIC). TIC is a type of patient-centered care to address specific needs to each patient, identify those who have experienced various forms of trauma and provide a safe environment. This project aims to establish a comprehensive TIC training and policy for nursing staff and health care providers at an 862 bed medical center in New York that provides primary, emergency, and specialty care. TIC programs have shown to improve therapeutic relationships between nurses, providers, and their patients. Because of these improved relationships, patients become more engaged in their health as well as their plan of care. Using TIC has shown to reduce stress and increase comfort for patients which leads to better health outcomes and improved patient satisfaction. The TIC program at the proposed medical center will use the American Nurses Association Code of Ethics and the Fundamentals of Care Framework to guide policy. The Code of Ethics and Fundamentals of Care both focus on prioritizing the patients physical and psychosocial needs and establishing a supportive relationship between the patient and the interdisciplinary health care team.
Keywords: Trauma-Informed Care, therapeutic relationships, re-traumatization, interdisciplinary team, psychosocial needs
Kathleen Pounds Poster
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