A6 - CISM Applications: Stress Reactions in the Healthcare Environment

We look at a recent Canadian study on the effects on healthcare staff (Nurses) as they endured covid and its impact on the profession. How staff dealt with stressors, what worked and what didn't. How we can better support this valuable asset for future crisis. specifically, we look at how nursing staff suffered from the fall out of covid in healthcare, what did staff do to deal with stress, what were the reasons they suffered, what can be done to better support the staff. Participants will Recognize the stressors within the health care community. 2 Understand how trauma affects the healthcare community. 3 identify the applicability of CISM/Peer Support to decrease stress in the healthcare field.

*Profession Specific CEs:

This presentation is approved for 1.0 CE Credits by The Anne Arundel County Mental Health Agency, Inc. (AACMHA) as an approved sponsor of the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners for continuing education credits for licensed social workers in Maryland.

This presentation is approved for 1 PDH from EAPA- Employee Assistance Professionals Association.

1 CE Credits for NAADAC, This course has been approved by International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for educational credits. NAADAC Provider # 87914, International Critical Incident Stress Foundation (ICISF), is responsible for all aspects of the programing.

*Review ICISF World Congress 17 CE website page for additional requirements.