Critical Response to Mental Health Nursing Blogs on Trauma Care

This assignment is a response to several mental health nursing blogs focusing on trauma-informed care. It addresses the importance of trauma-informed care in healthcare settings, particularly for young patients facing challenging situations. The response highlights the need for nurses to be adequately trained in trauma assessment and care, emphasizing the importance of creating a conducive environment for patients to open up about their experiences. It also discusses the roles of mental health practitioners in restoring patients to normalcy by addressing their social, mental, and psychological well-being. The analysis underscores the necessity for hospitals to develop programs for assessing trauma risks, as undiagnosed trauma can lead to further emotional and psychological distress. The blogs reviewed include insights from Junyi Dou, Katie Poon, and Lauren Nicklin, each providing unique perspectives on the challenges and best practices in trauma-informed care within nursing.

Running head: Mental Health- Nursing Blogs Response 1
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Mental Health- Nursing Blogs Response 2
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Junyi Dou’s Blog Response
Traumatic care in healthcare settings is a requirement that nurses perform to most young
patients who are faced with challenging situations. However, Reeves (2015) suggests that the
major challenge that the nursing profession suffers from is the level of limited knowledge that
they have in the field. From Muskett (2014) Junyi Dou suggests that nurses need to address
traumatic issues faced by the young patients in both hospital and criminal setting. Since therapy
is a process that requires gathering background information about the patient, then there is need
to train practitioners and empower them with the right skills that can allow them carry out trauma
informed care.
Katie Poon’s Blog Response
According to Katie Poon experience in a clinical setting, trauma informed care relies on
the application of key skills by practitioners to mitigate the situation and restore the patient to
normalcy. I concur with this blog since practitioners in trauma care are charged with the
responsibility of restoring patients to their normal state and addressing the social, mental and
psychological situations that they have faced as statedin the workd of Cleary, Hunt, Horsfall, &
Deacon (2012). Stokes, Jacob, Gifford, Squires, & Vandyk (2017) suggests that the role of
mentalhealth practitioner in this situation is to understand the situation that the patient faced and
avoid judging the circumstances that led to the situation. The practitioner is not supposed to
judge the situation but rather asses the state of the patient and apply clinically requirement
strategies to restore the patient to normalcy.
Lauren Nicklin Blog Response

Mental Health- Nursing Blogs Response 3
As the rate of trauma affected patients keeps on increasing, there is need for hospitals to
develop programs that allow assessing the chances of trauma in a patient. Most nurses ignore this
process since it is not a requirement for initial clinical screening ( Lommen & Restifo, 2009).
Lauren Nicklin’s blog suggests that failing to diagnose trauma in a patient leads to a series of
other traumas that affect the patient emotionally and psychologically. Abelsson, Rystedt,
Suserud, & Lindwall (2018) suggests that healthcare practitioners need to be conversant with
trauma assessment processes and have the right skills that can be used to assess the state of
patients and offer initial trauma care during the screening process. Most patients with hold the
information and suffer silently because practitioners fail to create conducive environments
through proper communication to allow patients to open up.

Mental Health- Nursing Blogs Response 4
References
Abelsson, A., Rystedt, I., Suserud, B.-O., & Lindwall, L. (2018). Learning High-Energy Trauma
Care Through Simulation. Clinical Simulation in Nursing, 17, 1-6.
Cleary, M., Hunt, G. E., Horsfall, J., & Deacon, M. (2012). Nurse-Patient Interaction in Acute
Adult Inpatient Mental Health Units: a Review and Synthesis of Qualitative
Studies. Issues in Mental Health Nursing, 33(2), 66-79.
Lommen, M., & Restifo, K. (2009). Trauma and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in
Patients with Schizophrenia or Schizoaffective Disorder. Community Mental Health
Journal, 45(6), 485-496.
Muskett, C., (2014). Trauma-informed care in inpatient mental health settings: A review of the
literature. International Journal of Mental Health Nursing, 23, 51-59
Reeves, E. (2015). A synthesis of the literature on trauma-informed. Issues in Mental Health
Nursing, 36, 698–709.
Stokes, Y., Jacob, J.-D., Gifford, W., Squires, J., & Vandyk, A. (2017). Exploring Nurses’
Knowledge and Experiences Related to Trauma-Informed Care. Global Qualitative
Nursing Research, 4, 1-10.