Trauma informed care nursing education is crucial. Trauma informed care is a method of providing health care which understands the likelihood of past and present traumatic events in patients and families. The experience of past or present trauma often led to chronic diseases, substance abuse disorder, fragmented health care, fears surrounding health care, chronic stress, and other negative health consequences. The purpose of this project is to increase licensed nurses’ awareness and ability to practice trauma informed care in clinical practice, as well as promote policy initiation within the health care facilities. Method planning integrated the Knowledge to Action Cycle. A two hour, Delphi reviewed, evidenced based educational session was developed for licensed nurses in two health care facilities. After the educational session is completed, an anonymous survey will be distributed to determine the licensed nurses’ awareness of trauma informed care. A second anonymous survey will be sent four weeks later to assess changes in clinical practice based on trauma informed care education. One educational session for eleven licensed nurses working in a psychiatric facility has been completed. Two preliminary themes emerged from the first survey. The first theme was more intentional focus on integrating trauma informed care principles into practice. The second theme was an increased need for self-care. Two more educational sessions are planned for licensed nurses in an acute care hospital.
Keywords: trauma informed care, nursing, education, KTA Cycle, health care, policy
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:ETSU/oai:dc.etsu.edu:es-conf-1137 |
| Date | 11 April 2024 |
| Creators | O'Meara, Kristina |
| Publisher | Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University |
| Source Sets | East Tennessee State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation |
| Source | Epsilon Sigma at-Large Research Conference |
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