Highlights
- •Age-appropriate interventions for patients gained significance, by realizing that hospitalization is a traumatic experience.
- •The study revealed that the majority of nursing students had no trauma-informed practices.
- •It is highly important to incorporate TIC practices systematically in the education of health professionals.
Abstract
Purpose
We studied the views of nursing students on family-centered care (FCC) and their knowledge,
opinions, self-rated competence, current practice, and perceived implementation barriers
with regard to trauma-informed pediatric nursing care.
Methods
This survey was a descriptive correlational study. The sample consisted of 261 nursing
students, 3rd and 4th years, who had completed the Child Health and Diseases Nursing
Course. The data were obtained using the “Student Information Form,” “Family-Centered
Care Attitude Scale,” and “trauma-informed care (TIC) Provider Survey.”
Results
Nursing students were knowledgeable and held favorable opinions about TIC. The survey
showed that students with higher levels and those with a hospitalization experience
during childhood had higher scores regarding TIC. A positive relationship was found
between the students' TIC to mean score and FCC attitude mean score.
Conclusions
Nursing students are not competent to practice TIC, especially with pediatric patients.
Therefore, they need to develop relevant skills for helping pediatric patients.
Practice implications
Efforts to improve nursing students' trauma-informed pediatric care should highlight
specific skills related to helping pediatric patients manage emotional responses to
difficult medical experiences. By integrating TIC into the baccalaureate curricula,
nursing educators can provide the students with appropriate skills and facilities
so that they can provide holistic and highly effective care to highly vulnerable patients.
Keywords
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: May 04, 2023
Accepted:
April 24,
2023
Received in revised form:
December 30,
2022
Received:
August 4,
2022
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