What is it about?
Staff from all healthcare discipline providing care at a major children's hospital reported needs for, and barriers to providing psychosocial and trauma-informed care for children and families. We found that training was associated with improved care through increased confidence. Training was also related to increased staff wellbeing.
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Why is it important?
Providing simple trauma-informed and psychosocial care training to all pediatric hospital staff including medical, allied health, and nursing, has the potential to not only improve care for patients and their families but also increase staff job satisfaction and retention.
Perspectives
Emotional support has been seen as valuable but of secondary importance to physical care in healthcare settings. We found that staff value and express a need for training in these skills that will improve their capacity and capability in providing care. Applying these skills will improve wellbeing, not just for children but also for healthcare staff.
Justin Kenardy
University of Queensland
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This page is a summary of: Pathways to increasing the use of psychosocial care with hospitalized children., Psychological Services, November 2018, American Psychological Association (APA),
DOI: 10.1037/ser0000276.
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