The objective of this study was to describe the nursing interventions with
children and their parents to reduce the impact of a traumatic incident.
A traumatic incident can be a natural disaster, a plane or car accident,
or child abuse. The author has conducted an interdisciplinary integrative
review of the research literature on the health impact of childhood
trauma. This research is summarized and the results are synthesized
and presented in a diagram that demonstrates the strong relationships
that trauma has to both short and long-term health status. The impact of
post-traumatic stress disorder