4107-21: The New Frontline: COVID-19 Caregiving, Moral Injury and Opportunities to Build Resilience

Nurses working in the healthcare environment during COVID-19 crisis are at a greater risk for developing increased stress, secondary trauma, and ultimately the worsening of overall personal mental health. This presentation introduces the concepts of distress reactions, secondary trauma and moral injury. Strategies to build moral resilience will be identified.

Presenters:  Joy Lauerer, DNP, PMHCNS BC; David Black, MBA; Janet Ann York, PhD, PMHCNS BC, FAAN

Disclosures:  The presenters and planners have no conflict of interest or commercial support to disclose.  Off-label use of medications will not be discussed during this presentation.

Session Length:  49 minutes

Target Audience:  RN, APRN

Learning Outcome:
Upon completion of this presentation, the participant will be able to:

• Describe factors that affect nurse wellness and burnout, and strategies to build resiliency.

Keywords:  Burnout, Resiliency, Moral Injury

Nursing Continuing Professional Development:
0.75 contact hours. You will have 5 tries to correctly answer the questions on the post-test and a score of 80% is required to pass. Once you have passed and completed an evaluation, the certificate will be generated online, available for you to print immediately. You cannot earn credit unless all steps are completed.

The American Psychiatric Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Originally Presented
APNA 35th Annual Conference

The contact hours for this session expire:  November 30, 2024