APRNs are mostly primary care providers who are at the frontline for preventive care services to the public. They include; nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists, nurse midwives, and nurse anesthetists. Trauma-informed care is an approach that ensures that a person is likely not to have a history of trauma. Trauma care recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms in an individual’s life. APRN uses trauma-informed care (TIC) to monitor the trauma Patient and improve the patient’s outcome (Gatwiri et al., 2019).
TIC is used to monitor the trauma patients by APRNs. Nurses have vast knowledge in caring for vulnerable patients by the ongoing specialized education to specialized trauma care. Since nurses are always at the patients’ bedside, they take their time to monitor the trauma patient by undertaking different roles, including assessing the patient for recurring injuries, performing trauma procedures, assessing pain, and teaching and comforting patients. Therefore, TIC has made it simpler for nurses to handle the trauma patients and achieve the optimum outcome (Murray & Graves, 2013).
APRN has been able to use TIC information to improve the patient’s outcome. This has been a success by providing an inclusive, integrated structure designed to provide maximum care to the trauma patients. These collective efforts offer care from the beginning of injury through rehabilitation to society. TIC allows access to appropriate care and provides clinical excellence (Barton et al., 2012).
APRNs use TIC to promote job satisfaction and to minimize the risk of burnout. Also, it improves patient outcomes and experiences. For APRNs to utilize trauma-informed care, they need to be aware, responsive, and sensitive.