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Research and educational resources about trauma-informed care.
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Use this Trauma-Informed Care collection to compare research questions, settings, and nursing implications across 24 reviewed records. Start with the original source and limitations before carrying a finding into teaching or practice.
In a one-group pre-survey/post-survey dissertation study, nursing students enrolled in a mental health course scored higher on every trauma-informed care knowledge item after a researcher-led education session; the...
In interviews with eight emergency department RNs, understanding of trauma-informed care ranged from strong to nearly nonexistent, and while TIC modules were available, they were not mandatory or consistently...
In a survey of 389 emergency department staff at a North Indian tertiary care hospital, 92.5% experienced verbal violence and 25.71% experienced physical violence, driven largely by overcrowding, long waits, and...
A national eDelphi study updated Canada's 2010 home health nursing competencies, narrowing 359 preexisting competencies down to a final set of 79 through nurse-panel consensus and broad stakeholder consultation, adding..
In this Australian qualitative study, 15 women (10 followed up 6–12 months later) described how a single community-based nurse improved their access to healthcare after domestic violence through flexible outreach,...
A Canadian constructivist grounded theory study of 23 nephrology nurses found that engagement in kidney supportive care conversations unfolds across three stages—Transactional, Intentional, and Actional—shaped by...
Nurses in British Columbia's provincial correctional facilities describe how a security-first institutional culture, stigma, and lack of confidentiality complicate cancer care for incarcerated patients. Despite these...
This reflective case paper traces Thompson Rivers University School of Nursing's 40-year journey from a community college to a full university, describing how faculty built a culture of scholarship using Boyer's four...
Story Based Learning (SBL) is a Canadian-developed nursing teaching model that blends narrative pedagogy, case method teaching, and problem-based learning into a circular, six-phase process for working through practice..
In a survey of 233 Chinese nurses who had experienced adverse patient events, nearly all wanted psychological support, and active (deliberate) rumination — but not invasive (intrusive) rumination — significantly helped..
This scoping review of 39 sources maps six barriers migrant farm workers face accessing Canadian health care: language and literacy challenges, fear of medical repatriation, lack of transportation, barriers to timely...
In a small exploratory study of 82 clients at a parish nursing agency in Italy's Marche Region, most users attended independently, had at least one chronic condition, and sought help with appointments, vital signs, and..
In a mixed methods study of 37 interdisciplinary geriatric care providers in Ontario, most could correctly identify risk factors for older adult maltreatment, yet described real barriers — fear, apprehension,...
A funded fellowship protocol that will use survey and registry data from 55 Washington hospitals to estimate whether the person-centered TeamBirth model changes perceived autonomy and Cesarean rates among low-risk...
A think-aloud study built a five-stage cognitive learning model of how nurses develop clinical reasoning from novice to expert.
A small qualitative study found nursing and pharmacy students valued interprofessional simulation and shed stereotypes about each other.
A case-based bioethics essay that uses the Makayla Sault case to argue that Aboriginal Canadians' health mistrust is rooted in colonial, residential-school trauma, and that cultural safety, judged by patients rather...
In 8,412 BC nurses, emotional exhaustion rose four-fold by 2020 even as quality and safety ratings improved.
This editorial argues that workplace violence in healthcare has become a pervasive systemic issue with severe mental health consequences for staff. It highlights persistent high prevalence rates (60% of workers...
This study found that Emotional Schema Therapy (EST) and differentiation training both reduced emotional divorce among women. EST was more effective than differentiation training in lowering ED rates, with significant...
This study found significant links between perfectionism, early maladaptive schemas, attachment styles, self-esteem, and body image concerns among female cosmetic surgery applicants. A model where self-esteem mediates...
This study found that pregnant women who listened to relaxing music experienced less life distress and stronger maternal-fetal attachment than a control group. The intervention involved twelve 45-50 minute sessions of...
This study found that nurses at Olabisi Onabanjo University Teaching Hospital had good knowledge of Failure to Rescue but moderate competence in averting it. Crucially, there was a significant link between positive...
This study found anxious-avoidant attachment styles predict higher emotional divorce in Iranian women, while spiritual intelligence predicts lower levels. Together, these factors explained significant variance in...
