Title: What is Vicarious Trauma | AHU Online
Headings: Vicarious Trauma: Information, Prevention and Resources
Vicarious Trauma: Information, Prevention and Resources
What Is Vicarious Trauma?
Examples of Vicarious Trauma
How to Identify Vicarious Trauma
How to Address Vicarious Trauma
Vicarious Trauma and the AHU Bachelor of Science in Nursing
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Content: Feelings of isolation and ineffectiveness can be alleviated by talking with colleagues. Nurse managers play an important role in promoting self-assessment and self-help for their staff members, but they can have a more direct impact on preventing vicarious trauma by helping nurses with their most challenging cases and with their caseloads. The U.S. Department of Justice Office for Victims of Crime has created the Vicarious Trauma Toolkit designed to assist healthcare professionals and others who work with the victims of trauma by providing information and techniques they can apply to prevent and treat the condition. In particular, the tool kit’s “What Is Vicarious Trauma?” page lists the common reactions to negative trauma and explains the steps coworkers and managers can take to assist their colleagues who may be suffering from vicarious trauma. Vicarious Trauma and the AHU Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Nurses and other healthcare professionals must strike a balance between feeling empathy for their patients’ suffering and desensitizing themselves to the impact of spending day after day, year after year helping people who are experiencing trauma now or have recently suffered a traumatic event. How nurses can help themselves and their colleagues to recognize, prevent, and respond to vicarious trauma is a component of AdventHealth University Online’s Bachelor of Science in Nursing (RN-BSN) degree program, which teaches whole-person care for both patients and nurses. The RN-BSN program prepares nurses to excel as healthcare professionals during times of tremendous technological and social change. The program curriculum includes such classes as Community Health for RNs, Leadership and Management in Nursing, and Health Promotion and Assessment for RNs. Learn more about the benefits of AdventHealth University Online’s RN-BSN program for a long and successful nursing career.