As a healthcare professional, you have ethical and professional obligations to serve your patients. We believe that NSU alumni who serve in the health professions can have an edge over their peers in understanding trauma and its effect on patients and ensuring that their health care environments are free from harassment and discrimination. We partner with academic programs to infuse these concepts into the curriculum and offer resources below to our students and faculty towards ensuring a quality of care that is unmatched.
Creating a Harassment-Free Practice
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
Office of Victims of Crime - Office of Justice Programs
Virginia Anti-Violence Project
Trauma-Informed Health Care
2022 SAAM Webinar "Trauma-Informed Healthcare: Understanding and Meeting the Needs of Victimized Patients"
American Academic of Pediatrics
- Addressing Adverse Childhood Experiences and Other Types of Trauma in the Primary Care Setting (Spanish)
- Adverse Childhood Experiences and the Lifelong Consequences of Trauma (Spanish)
- Diagnoses to Consider When Evaluating a Child Exposed to Trauma
- Helping Foster and Adoptive Families Cope With Trauma: A Guide of Pediatricians (Spanish)
- Protecting Physician Wellness: Working With Children Affected by Traumatic Events (Spanish)
- The Medical Home Approach to Identifying and Responding to Exposure to Trauma
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
Asian & Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence
Center for Gender and Justice
Feminist Women's Health Center
International Association of Forensic Nurse
- The National Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations for Adults & Adolescents
- The National Protocol for Sexual Assault Forensic Examinations – Pediatric
Kink Clinical Practice Guidelines Project
National Resource Center to Enhance Safety of Native Women and their Children
National Center for Trauma-Informed Care
- Pregnant & Parenting Survivors: Guidelines for Health Care Providers
- Pregnant & Parenting Survivors: Guidelines for Trauma-Focused Services
National Center on Domestic Violence, Trauma & Mental Health
- Tips for Creating a Welcoming Environment
- Tips for Discussing a Mental Health Referral with Domestic Violence Survivors
- Tips for Making Connections with Survivors Experiencing Psychiatric Disabilities
Oregon Coalition Against Domestic & Sexual Violence
World Health Organization - Geneva
Related Research & Position Statements
Emergency Nurses Association & International Association of Forensic Nurses
- Joint Position Statement: Adult & Adolescent Sexual Assault Patients in the Emergency Care Setting
- Joint Position Statement: Care of Prepubescent Pediatric Sexual Abuse Patients in the Emergency Care Setting
- Joint Position Statement: Human Trafficking Awareness in the Emergency Care Setting
International Association of Forensic Nurses
- Position Paper: The Evaluation & Treatment of Non-Fatal Strangulation in the Health Care Setting
- Position Statement: Violence is a Public Health and Health Care Issue
National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- Key findings from “Sexual Violence Victimization and Associations with Health in a Community Sample of African American Women”
- Key findings from “Sexual Violence Victimization and Associations with Health in a Community Sample of Hispanic Women”