title: Emotional impact of trauma.
abstract: The psychosocial care of trauma patients is a serious responsibility and a gratifying aspect of trauma nursing. Intervention with patients facing the threat of their own death is a challenging one. Many studies and theories guide us in meeting the challenge and suggest that there is more to the emotional impact of trauma than most realize, and that interventions should be more than just automatic responses based on popular wisdom.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003142:Communication; D003469:Culture; D003674:Defense Mechanisms; D004644:Emotions; D005190:Family; D006167:Guilt; D006801:Humans; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000523:psychology; D012649:Self Concept; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*