An Examination of Vicarious Trauma Among Trauma Clinicians: A Mixed Methods Study
Vicarious trauma was found to be evident among trauma clinicians, which could be consequential both professionally and personally. Health care organizations and trauma leadership need to consider the risk of vicarious trauma among trauma clinicians and proactively safeguard clinicians to mitigate its impact.
Authors
- Damayanti Samanta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3510-0314)
- Nancy M. Duvall (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0002-5429-6946)
- Kerry Drabish (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7308-9251)
- Chisom L. Maduakonam (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-8207-0681)
Institutions
- Apple (Israel) (IL)
- Charleston Area Medical Center (US)
- Associated Press (US)
- Office of the Director (US)
- Institute for Conflict Research (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Trauma Nursing
- Published
- 2025-08-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/jtn.0000000000000871
- Primary Topic
- Trauma and Emergency Care Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00