Parent and Child Health: Substance Use Awareness Virtual Conference - Implementation of Trauma-Informed Care in Nursing Practice

June 7, 2023

A lack of support and understanding by healthcare professionals can contribute to cascading events in the quality of their parents, 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). The 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 skey trauma principles into the targeted organizational culture.  The results of the project note 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 education 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.

Learning Objectives

  *   Define what trauma is and its prevalence in the perinatal setting

  *   Discuss the impact trauma has on the woman and infant dyad

  *   Define trauma-informed care
  *   Discuss core principles and concepts of trauma-informed nursing care

  *   List resources that are available

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
05/09/2023
Course expires: 
12/31/2023
Event starts: 
06/07/2023 - 10:00am EDT
Event ends: 
06/07/2023 - 11:00am EDT
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Randilyn Lewis, DNP, RN-CBC, OB Nurse

UPMC Northwest, Clarion University Professor in Nursing Program

 

No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

ACCREDITATION

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

PHYSICIAN (CME)

The University of Pittsburgh designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

NURSING (CNE)

A maximum of 1.0 nursing contact hours will be awarded. Participants will be able to claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the program.

OTHER HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONALS

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
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