Multiregion Trauma Center Follow-Up Protocol for Transferred Trauma Patients
CONCLUSION:
Trauma systems can implement similar strategies to ensure transferring trauma centers routinely receive standardized, timely patient feedback. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Innovations Source Type: research
Mapping Injury Prevention With Microsoft Excel
CONCLUSION:
Microsoft Excel map charts provide an effective and efficient means of displaying areas of greatest need, assessing disparities between those needs and outreach efforts that were conducted, and communicating with leadership. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Innovations Source Type: research
Virtual Trauma Center Surveys, Are They Virtually the Same?
CONCLUSION:
The in-person and virtual formats can accomplish the goal of the accreditation survey. The negative implications identified suggest that a traditional on-site accreditation process is preferred, with the virtual format reserved for extenuating circumstances. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Innovations Source Type: research
Association Between Body Mass Index and Morbidity and Mortality During Hospitalization After Trauma
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Source Type: research
Association Between Body Mass Index and Morbidity and Mortality During Hospitalization After Trauma
BACKGROUND:
Literature suggests that unhealthy body mass index is a risk factor for adverse clinical outcomes.
OBJECTIVES:
To study the association between unhealthy body mass index and morbidity and mortality after trauma using the 2016 American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program database.
METHODS:
A retrospective review was conducted comparing the normal weight control group to the underweight, overweight, obese, severely obese, and morbidly obese groups for differences in demographic factors, injury severity score, comorbidities, length of stay, and complications.
RESULTS:
Un...
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Research Brief Source Type: research
Four Questions Nurses Can Ask to Predict PTSD 1 Year After a Motor Vehicle Crash
CONCLUSIONS:
The brevity of this evaluation, simple scoring rules, and screening test performance suggest that this new screening tool can be easily administered in the acute care setting by nurses. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Isolated Rib Fractures in Elderly Falls: Not As Deadly As We Think
CONCLUSION:
The morbidity and mortality associated with rib fractures are significantly less than reported in the literature when additional injuries are excluded. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
Postinjury Care and Complications Among U.S. Military Women With Combat-Related Major Limb Traumatic Amputation
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Source Type: research
Postinjury Care and Complications Among U.S. Military Women With Combat-Related Major Limb Traumatic Amputation
CONCLUSION:
Postinjury care among servicewomen with combat-related amputations was comparable with servicemen, and complications were common. This information can aid providers and nursing staff in the management of these injuries. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
STN Celebrates Its Past, Present, and Future in 2022
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - March 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: President's Message Source Type: research
Teaching Mindfulness to Mitigate Burnout in a Pandemic
CONCLUSION:
Nursing implications include providing an atmosphere in which nurses can practice mindfulness skills, such as being in touch with their thoughts and bodies, which will help them transition into the position of trauma nurse. As nurse educators, it is our responsibility to assist in developing tools that students and patients may use to deal with their anxiety and foster an environment that promotes learning, understanding, and compassion. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - January 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Innovations Source Type: research
Identification of Delayed Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: A Concise Review
No abstract available (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - January 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: NCPD Source Type: research
Identification of Delayed Traumatic Diaphragmatic Injury: A Concise Review
CONCLUSIONS:
The available evidence suggests that diaphragmatic injury should be on the differential list during and after trauma presentation for both providers and trauma nurses. Other critical injuries may portend a possible diaphragmatic injury. Diaphragmatic injury, though relatively rare, has high morbidity and mortality. (Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing)
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - January 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Concise Review Source Type: research
Reducing Secondary Traumatic Stress and Fueling Knowledge of Child Maltreatment Among Health Care Providers
This study aims to evaluate an intervention to improve health care provider knowledge, recognition, and reporting of child maltreatment and promote provider resilience as they care for victims of child maltreatment.
METHODS:
This is a single-group pre/posttest study design conducted from April to October 2019 of an educational intervention addressing child maltreatment knowledge, recognition, and self-care strategies for providers. Baseline and 6-month post-event questionnaires evaluated child maltreatment recognition and reporting, and the Professional Quality of Life instrument was used to measure compassion satis...
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - January 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Quality Improvement Source Type: research
Validation of the Trauma and Injury Severity Score for Prediction of Mortality in a Greek Trauma Population
BACKGROUND:
Although the Trauma and Injury Severity Score (TRISS) has been extensively used for mortality risk adjustment in trauma, its applicability in contemporary trauma populations is increasingly questioned.
OBJECTIVE:
The study aimed to evaluate the predictive performance of the TRISS in its original and revised version and compare these with a recalibrated version, including current data from a Greek trauma population.
METHODS:
This is a retrospective cohort study of admitted trauma patients conducted in two tertiary Greek hospitals from January 2016 to December 2018. The model algorithm was calcu...
Source: Journal of Trauma Nursing - January 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research
