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Trauma-Informed Care: Responding to the Call for Action

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Trauma-Informed Care: Responding to the Call for Action

Journal of Forensic Nursing , Volume 14 (4) – Dec 1, 2018

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Publisher
Wolters Kluwer Health
Copyright
Copyright © 2018 International Association of Forensic Nurses
ISSN
1556-3693
eISSN
1939-3938
DOI
10.1097/JFN.0000000000000224
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Downloaded from https://pdfs.journals.lww.com/forensicnursing by BhDMf5ePHKZxZb3ruX4b9cKfbT5h3bp+v9gTtSlrchDWvVTxyN8Hif2P/rPZfAxb8td684/2m6Qj/1S0ZObgiiKJ9vD64yNdY1wI1G/v4gN3ti1fujtTJsg5898WZFuC on 02/24/2019 Editorial Trauma-Informed Care: Responding to the Call for Action Cindy Peternelj-Taylor, RN, BScN, MSc, DF-IAFN read with interest the “Call for Action” posted on the Regardless if one has experienced a big “T” trauma or a International Association of Forensic Nurses Web site small “t” trauma, at its most basic level, trauma is simply I in September of this year. Although the call specifi- understood as those “experiences that overwhelm an indi- cally addressed the need to provide survivors of sexual as- vidual's capacity to cope” (BC Provincial Mental Health and sault with trauma-informed care, I would like to take this Substance Use Planning Council, 2013, p. 5). Further factors one step further and suggest that, given the pervasive nature to consider when becoming trauma informed include un- of trauma, all forensic nurses provide the patients and derstanding the magnitude of the trauma, the frequency, clients they encounter in their professional lives with trauma- its complexity, the duration, and the source (BC Provincial informed care. However, what exactly does that mean? Is Mental Health and Substance Use Planning Council, 2013). trauma-informed care something we simply pay “lip service” Viewing the world through

Journal

Journal of Forensic NursingWolters Kluwer Health

Published: Dec 1, 2018

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