Best Practices in the Nursing Care of Patients With Injuries From Violence: An Integrative Review

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

The number of patients who have experienced violence is increasing worldwide. These patients have specific psychosocial and forensic needs and can present unique challenges to the health care workers caring for them. Themes from literature reviews emerged identifying patients as survivors of intimate partner violence or child abuse, the need to collect forensic evidence, the need for emotional support of patients and their loved ones, support for health care workers caring for violence survivors, prevention of further violence, and the challenges of caring for violence survivors with concurrent substance use disorders. Best practices for these aspects of care are summarized on the basis of literature analysis.

Objectives

Discuss three unique themes related to the care of patients with injuries from violence.
Explain two recommendations for best practice in the care of patients with injuries from violence.
Describe two remaining gaps in the literature/areas for further clinical research presented in this article.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. No partial credit will be awarded.

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The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

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