Patients with a history of trauma may be re-traumatised by healthcare experiences. Trauma-informed care (TIC) offers nurses an alternative approach to identifying and understanding the impact of trauma on symptoms and behaviours to reduce distress and re-traumatisation during medical treatment. However, despite the need for TIC in healthcare, it is not widely understood or implemented, resulting in a gap between literature and practice. This scoping review aimed to map current literature to explore what nurses need to know about TIC for patients with a history of traumatic experiences to avoid re-traumatisation for adult patients. Following Arksey and O’Malley’s scoping review framework and the PRISMA-Scoping Review Checklist, five databases were searched, and fifteen articles were selected for inclusion. Findings indicated the relevance of TIC in the nursing sector, with a push towards universal TIC precautions. A lack of understanding of trauma and TIC among nurses was revealed, specifically in the translation of theory to practice. However, nurses recognise the value of TIC and the impacts of positive therapeutic relationships, including the basic tenets of patient-centred nursing care and TIC knowledge, to avoid patient re-traumatisation in the healthcare setting. Gaps in the literature included research in the Aotearoa New Zealand context, TIC nursing education, and the continued development of TIC practices in differing nursing care areas. TIC continues to be defined as relevant to differing practice areas. Te reo Māori translation Me Mōhio ngā Tapuhi ki te Aha mō te Taurimatanga i Runga i ngā Tikanga Tautiaki mō te Kohuki: He Arotakenga Whakahōkai Ngā Ariā Matua Ko ngā tūroro i pāngia i mua e te kohuki tērā pea ka kohukia anō nā te pānga o te taurimatanga hauora. Ko te taurimatanga i runga i ngā tikanga tautiaki mō te kohuki (Trauma-informed care - TIC) tētahi anō huarahi mō ngā tapuhi ki te tohu atu, ki te mārama hoki ki te pānga o te kohuki mō ngā tohu whakaatu me ngā mahi ake nei e heke anō ai te taumahatanga me te kohukitanga anō o roto i ngā mahi whakaora. He ahakoa anō te whai take o te TIC mō ngā mahi taurimatanga hauora, kāore tonu i te mōhio whānuitia, i te whakatinanahia rānei, i whānui ai te wehenga o ngā tuhinga whakamārama me te whakatinanatanga. Ko tā tēnei arotakenga whakahōkai he whai kia maheretia ngā tuhinga whakamārama o te wā nei e hurahia ai ngā mōhiotanga tapuhi e tika ana mō te TIC mō ngā tūroro i pāngia i mua e te kohuki kia kore ai e kohukia anō te tūroro pakeke. Whai ake ana i tā Arksey rāua ko O’Malley anga arotakenga whakahōkai me te Rārangi Whakarite Arotakenga Whakahōkai o PRISMA, e rima ngā pātengi raraunga i tirohia, ka tīpakohia tekau mā rima ngā tuhinga whakamārama hei aro. Ka whakaaturia e ngā whakataunga te hāngai o te TIC mō ngā mahi tapuhi, me te whakahau anō kia whāia ngā whakatūpatotanga TIC puta noa. Ka kitea hoki te iti o te mārama ki te kohuki me te TIC o ngā tapuhi, tae rawa ki te whakatinanatanga o ngā kaupapa akoako. Heoi anō kei te aro i ngā tapuhi te hua o te TIC me te whai pānga o te whakawhanaungatanga ki ngā mahi whakaora, tae atu ki ngā pūtakenga o te aronui ki te tūroro i roto i ngā mahi tapuhi me te mōhiotanga TIC, e kore ai e kohukia anō te tūroro i roto i ngā mahi taurimatanga hauora. Kei ngā whāwhārua o ngā tuhinga whakamārama ko te rangahau tonu o roto o Aotearoa, ko te mātauranga tapuhi TIC, me te whanake tonutanga o ngā mahi TIC puta noa i ētahi wāhanga katoa o te mahi tapuhi. Ka whakamāramahia tonu ko te TIC ka hāngai ki ētahi wehenga mahi katoa.
Lubbers et al. (Fri,) studied this question.