Psychological Resources

Psychological safety aims to reduce patient-related harm by creating high performing teams, which are open and transparent, functioning in the absence of retribution. Models for delivering nursing care, along with matrices designed to monitor their impact, can negatively affect the adoption of psychological safety in practice. Strategies have been designed at national level to ensure the adoption of psychological safety, while, at a local level, individual organisations can implement processes to improve psychological safety from floor to board.

Experiences of emotional trauma can lead to poorer physical health. Trauma can originate from childhood experiences, domestic violence, being a refugee, or military service. Very often people who are homeless have experienced some kind of psychological trauma earlier in their life. Hence, it is extremely important that healthcare professionals have some knowledge of this process, if they are to offer holistic care to people.