This practical guide introduces and critically examines the concept of trauma informed care, exploring how it can be implemented in everyday nursing and midwifery practice across a range of settings. Supporting nurses and midwives to integrate trauma informed knowledge and practice into their work, this comprehensive book begins with an overview of what trauma means. It looks at theories of trauma and the neuroscience of trauma and memory. It discusses the diagnostics of trauma and considers how trauma impacts relationships (including those within healthcare settings), and health, illness, and recovery. It also investigates how trauma can affect people differently across the lifespan and contexts.
The second part of the book builds on the first, focusing on how an understanding of trauma can inform nursing and midwifery practice across settings. It looks at promoting safety in interpersonal relationships, navigating interventions, talking about trauma, responding after potentially traumatic events, and responding to trauma, self-care, and systemic challenges. This book provides essential knowledge around trauma informed care relevant to nurses and midwives, and uses a range of approaches to help readers transfer learning to their own practice.
It is an essential guide for nurses and midwives in practice and in training across the full range of practice settings.
By:
Sophie Isobel
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 246mm,
Width: 174mm,
Weight: 360g
ISBN: 9781032870526
ISBN 10: 1032870524
Pages: 182
Publication Date: 22 January 2026
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction, Part 1: The Theory, 1: What is Trauma, 2: How trauma affects people, 3: The impact of trauma on the brain and body, 4: Trauma as a memory, 5: Trauma diagnoses, treatment and recovery, 6: The politics of trauma, 7: What is trauma informed care?, Part 2: The Practice, 8: Applying the principles of trauma informed care to practice, 9: Being trauma informed in interactions, 10: Trauma informed interventions, 11: Conversations about trauma, 12: Lifespan considerations for trauma informed practice, 13: Supporting after potentially traumatic events, 14: Vicarious trauma and radical self-care, 15: Considerations for implementing trauma informed care, 16: Moving forward with trauma informed care
Sophie Isobel is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine and Health at the University of Sydney, Australia.
