Children Exposed to Toxic Stress and The Nurse’s Role

Year 2022, Volume: 11 Issue: 1, 319 - 326, 19.03.2022

Fatma Dinç Dilek Yıldız

https://doi.org/10.37989/gumussagbil.850416

Abstract

Toxic stress is the physiological changes that occur in response to prolonged stressors and increased stress-response. It includes negative, traumatic, stressful experiences such as child abuse and child neglect. Toxic stress disrupts the brain structure, affects organs and systems, and negatively affects coping with stress and adaptation mechanisms. In this review, it is aimed to focus on what kind of negative effects exposure to toxic stress can cause on children and what are preventive nursing approaches, coping and support interventions related to this.

Keywords

Child Abuse, Child Health, Nursing, Psychological Stress

Toksik Strese Maruz Kalan Çocuk ve Hemşirenin Rolü

Abstract

Toksik stres, çocuğun uzun süren stresörlere yanıt olarak ortaya çıkan fizyolojik değişiklikler ve stres-tepki artışıdır. Çocuk istismarı, ihmali gibi olumsuz, travmatik, stresli deneyimleri içerir. Toksik stres beyin yapısını bozmakta, organ ve sistemleri etkilemekte, stresle başa çıkmayı ve uyum sağlamayı olumsuz etkilemektedir. Pediatri hemşireleri, çocuklarda toksik stresi önlemede ve ebeveynlere rehberlik sağlayarak psikolojik dayanıklılığı arttırmada önemli rol oynamaktadır. Bu derlemede toksik strese maruz kalmanın çocukta ne gibi olumsuz etkilere neden olabileceği ve bununla ilgili önleyici hemşirelik yaklaşımları, başa çıkma ve destek müdahalelerinin neler olduğu üzerinde durulması amaçlanmıştır.

Keywords

Çocuk İstismarı, Çocuk Sağlığı, Hemşirelik, Psikolojik Stres

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