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Diagnosis And Initial Management Of Acute Stress Disorder And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In The Primary Care Setting, Lindsay Leonard, Blaine Winters
Diagnosis And Initial Management Of Acute Stress Disorder And Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder In The Primary Care Setting, Lindsay Leonard, Blaine Winters
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Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to equip nurse practitioners (NPs) with resources and tools that will help with the early recognition and treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Acute Stress Disorder (ASD) in patients following a traumatic accident.
Background: According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2019), trauma, or unintentional injury, is the leading cause of death for individuals under the age of 45 and the third leading cause of death for all ages of people in the United States. Patients involved in traumatic accidents often develop adverse psychological sequelae such as PTSD and ASD. …
Interventions To Minimize Distress During Pediatric Primary Care Visits: A Systematic Literature Review, Michelle Lee Smith
Interventions To Minimize Distress During Pediatric Primary Care Visits: A Systematic Literature Review, Michelle Lee Smith
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Purpose: This literature review is designed to analyze interventions to minimize trauma and psychological stress experienced by pediatric patients during visits with their primary care providers. Data Sources: An electronic search of the literature was conducted to identify studies from 2008 to 2014 in the following databases: CINAHL, MEDLINE, PsycINFO, and the Cochrane library. Conclusions: Interventions to reduce a child's anxiety are available and easily executed. When anxiety is decreased, children are able to approach medical situations with a sense of comfort, achievement, and control. Decreasing stress can assist children in developing trusting relationships of the health care system as …