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    What is Pediatric Medical Traumatic Stress?

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    How to Provide Trauma-Informed Care

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    • D-E-F framework
    • Levels of risk and trauma-informed care
    • Timeline for trauma-informed care
    • Referral to mental health care
    • Addressing health disparities
    • Developmental considerations
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    • Family Illness Beliefs Inventory (FIBI)
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    Trauma-Informed Care

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Small Changes for a Less Stressful Pediatric Visit

Easing a pediatric patient's fears and worries during an exam isn't as difficult as it may seem. A few small changes to how you approach a physical exam can reduce the distress of a child and their family, such as:

Easing a pediatric patient's fears and worries during an exam isn't…

Monday, September 23, 2013 - 04:51
It's Always Stressful in the Emergency Department

Everyday, emergency department physicians and nurses witness traumatic medical events. Their patient's families beg and plead for them to "fix" their loved one.

Everyday, emergency department physicians and nurses witness traumatic medical events. Their…

Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - 04:51
Child Like Inspiration

Children's hospitals across the country have made great strides towards patient centered, trauma-informed care. Brightly colored walls, toys, games, and other activities are commonplace at children's hospitals, and all help to reduce the stress and anxiety children experience during a hospital…

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 04:51
Child Like Inspiration (2)

Children's hospitals across the country have made great strides towards patient centered, trauma-informed care. Brightly colored walls, toys, games, and other activities are commonplace at children's hospitals, and all help to reduce the stress and anxiety children experience during a hospital…

Tuesday, September 10, 2013 - 04:51
Helping Families Cope with Cancer

Learning of a cancer diagnosis never comes easy, no matter what your age. The difficulties that surround the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery come at no surprise, and each family you care for will cope in their own unique ways.

Learning of a cancer…

Tuesday, September 3, 2013 - 04:51
Supporting Your Patient's Family

Plain and simple: hospitals are a scary place, no matter your age. For both children and parents, hospitals can be traumatic for a variety of reasons, such as:

  • Initial life threatening illness or injury diagnosis
  • Seeing their child in pain, having invasive procedures or…
Monday, August 26, 2013 - 04:51
Protecting the 'Golden Cocoon'

Pat Mastors shares her own family’s experience in a compelling and thoughtful post on the Islands of Excellence blog. Her story is a brilliant example of “trauma-…

Monday, August 19, 2013 - 12:52
D: Distress FJ
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Monday, August 12, 2013 - 08:46
Link between Chronic Childhood Pain and Adult Anxiety?

Living with chronic pain as a child increases the likelihood of experiencing anxiety as an adult, suggests new research from Pediatrics.

Living with chronic…

Monday, August 12, 2013 - 01:25
Impact of the Family’s Fears and Worries

A family's fears and worries over their sick loved one can actually effect the patient's recovery ...

A family's fears and worries over their sick loved one can actually effect the patient's recovery, according to new research in the Journal of Neurosurgery. While the research subjects…

Monday, August 5, 2013 - 02:20

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