Instructor's Materials for Leading the Program in Person
This program is for everyone on the front lines of health care: nurses, physicians and allied health professionals, including first responders—all who are witness to human suffering on a regular basis. Here is a powerful tool to protect your team from compassion fatigue, vicarious trauma, and burnout. It is a gift you can give to show you’ve got their back.
Your team learns to:
- Build three pillars of resilience.
- Understand the occupational hazards of caregiving and the difference between compassion fatigue, burnout, moral distress, and vicarious trauma.
- Recognize their own early warning signs of distress and take steps to protect themselves.
- Make self-care choices they can commit to, because they fit with their own lifestyle and goals.
- Support one another in creating and sustaining a wellness plan for lifelong well-being.
Introduction by ELNEC Director, Pam Malloy
- 35-min. documentary-style video.
- 76-page Workbook PDF file with permission to copy.
- 76-page Leader Guide PDF file.
- 5 bonus video clips & 40 PowerPoint slides.
- Class formats for three inspiring in-service sessions:
- Real-World Self-Care
- Where Wellness Begins
- The Journey into Wholeness
- 3 hours of continuing education credits (California BRN# CEP16529).
- Video subtitled in Spanish and English.
“Oxygen for Caregivers was a runaway success when it premiered at our Care4You compassion fatigue conference. I am still receiving rave reviews from nurses, social workers, and first responders. It is a highly useful, much needed resource.”
FRANÇOISE MATHIEU, ME
AUTHOR: THE COMPASSION FATIGUE WORKBOOK
“This remarkable program provides wonderful, unrehearsed insights from our colleagues who have successfully coped with stress for decades. I highly recommend it.”
DAVID CHERNOF, MD
DAVID GEFFEN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT UCLA
Oxygen for Caregivers is a true gift for all of those who work in a helping field. It is a thoughtfully crafted message that illuminates the profound need for self-care and self-compassion as the core principles for assisting others.
JEFFREY S. BUCHOLTZ, PRESIDENT
SAN DIEGO DOMESTIC VIOLENCE COUNCIL
“These resources are beautifully created and remind us of the importance of self-care. The videos and workbooks provide wonderful tools for all healthcare professionals.”
PAM MALLOY, RN, DIRECTOR
END-OF-LIFE NURSING EDUCATION CONSORTIUM (ELNEC)
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES OF NURSING (AACN)
“I work with the military, first responders around world, the wilderness medicine community, and emergency physicians and residents at Stanford Hospital. This is a wonderful resource to share with my emergency medicine faculty and residents. Please keep up the good work. It is fascinating and much needed.”
PAUL S. AUERBACH, MD
EMERGENCY MEDICINE
STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
“It kept me riveted for the entire program. The variety and sincerity of those interviewed, and the broad range of issues and experiences, from hospice to firefighters, from doctors and nurses to search & rescue workers, drew me in immediately. Best of all, the not overly complicated nor overly simplistic presentation was useful and clear. I think it’s terrific.”
ANN BENNETT, DIRECTOR AND FOUNDER
FAMILY OPPORTUNITY CENTER, SANTA BARBARA
“Oxygen for Caregivers is an exceptional program… it gives a systematic method of self reflection so that we can recognize burnout in ourselves and our colleagues and take important steps to heal. It gives pragmatic tips on how we can pay attention to early signs of burnout and address them constructively. This program helps us take better care of ourselves and better care of each other, so that we can provide better care for our patients.”
JASON PRYSTOWSKY, MD, MPH, FACEP, EMERGENCY MEDICINE SANTA BARBARA COTTAGE HOSPITAL
SANTA BARBARA CITY FIRE DEPARTMENT