Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care into Nursing Practice

Lewis, Randilyn Grace

Lewis, R. G. (2023). Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care into Nursing Practice.

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Title	Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care into Nursing Practice
Abstract	A lack of support and understanding by healthcare professionals can contribute to cascading events in the quality of their patients, newborns, and communities' lives from experiencing birth trauma. Women who experience a traumatic birthing experience without support can hinder their feelings of having more children, create relationship problems, negatively affect the bonding with their newborn, and they may avoid medical interventions that are like their birthing experience such as pap smears (Birth Trauma Association, 2018). This project aims to answer, "Does implementing trauma-informed care practices education to perinatal nurses increase their knowledge, attitudes, and practices of trauma-informed care after educational implementation?" Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a concept that is grounded in a set of four assumptions and six principles. A trauma-informed approach to nursing care is inclusive of trauma-specific interventions; whether it includes assessment, treatment, or recovery supports, it also incorporates key trauma principles into the targeted organizational culture. The results of the project noted a positive Pearson correlation from p= 0.1 to 0.6 in all areas of the nurse's knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) from pre- to post-survey results. These results conclude that educating perinatal nurses does positively impact their KAP and is beneficial to implementation. This implementation impacts future perinatal nursing and maternal newborn dyads for generations. The ability to change cultural thinking from "What is wrong with you?" to "What happened to you"? This demonstrates an improvement in care and is the first step in healing for all past and future trauma survivors.
Date	2023

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Title: Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care into Nursing Practice
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Subject: Pregnant women - Mental health, Pregnancy - Psychological aspects, Traumatic incident reduction, Maternity nursing - Study and teaching, Post-traumatic stress disorder - Prevention, Mother and child - Psychological aspects, Electronic dissertations
Description: A lack of support and understanding by healthcare professionals can contribute to cascading events in the quality of their patients, newborns, and communities' lives from experiencing birth trauma. Women who experience a traumatic birthing experience without support can hinder their feelings of having more children, create relationship problems, negatively affect the bonding with their newborn, and they may avoid medical interventions that are like their birthing experience such as pap smears (Birth Trauma Association, 2018). This project aims to answer, "Does implementing trauma-informed care practices education to perinatal nurses increase their knowledge, attitudes, and practices of trauma-informed care after educational implementation?" Trauma-informed care (TIC) is a concept that is grounded in a set of four assumptions and six principles. A trauma-informed approach to nursing care is inclusive of trauma-specific interventions; whether it includes assessment, treatment, or recovery supports, it also incorporates key trauma principles into the targeted organizational culture. The results of the project noted a positive Pearson correlation from p= 0.1 to 0.6 in all areas of the nurse's knowledge, attitude, and practices (KAP) from pre- to post-survey results. These results conclude that educating perinatal nurses does positively impact their KAP and is beneficial to implementation. This implementation impacts future perinatal nursing and maternal newborn dyads for generations. The ability to change cultural thinking from "What is wrong with you?" to "What happened to you"? This demonstrates an improvement in care and is the first step in healing for all past and future trauma survivors.
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Contributor: Lewis, Randilyn Grace (author), (Mary Terwilliger) (Thesis advisor), (Colleen Barrett) (Thesis advisor), (Cheryl Siverling) (Committee member), (Laura Terwilliger) (Committee member), (Michelle Wright) (Committee member), Pennsylvania Western University Department of Nursing (Degree grantor)
Date: 2023
Type: Text, Dissertation/Thesis
Format: electronic
Identifier: clar:1135
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