ETHICS: Self-care - An Ethical Obligation

Self-care is important for all workers, but especially for those in helping professions like nursing, counseling, and social work. Self-care can help healthcare providers: Reduce stress, Maintain physical and emotional health, Avoid burnout, Deliver high quality care, and Replenish empathy and compassion.

Empirical research demonstrates that proactive self-care reduces the likelihood of impairment and enhances job satisfaction and professional longevity. This course will define self-care, burnout, compassion fatigue and trauma stewardship and the role they play in healthcare practice. Participants will be able to recognize Self-Care and trauma stewardship as an ethical responsibility and integral part of their profession, examine general self-care practices and strategies, learn how to assess and evaluate their own self-care practices and learn how to develop personal and professional strategies to advance and prioritize self-care.

This course is approved for 3 hours of clinical  continuing education units. This workshop is approved by Flowers 2 Life LLC as authorized by LABSWE