Administrative & Leadership

Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences and Forgiveness on Nurses' Capacity for Compassion Satisfaction (Code 55)

Primary Presenter(s)

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  Anne Troy, PhD, APRN,FNP-BC

  Associate Professor/ Pediatric Forensic NP
  University of Holy Cross/ Forensic NP Children's Hospital
  Mandeville, Louisiana

Come explore these two precepts: Trauma-informed care is critical for patients' healing; self-care is a nurse's ethical responsibility.

Learning Outcome(s). Increased knowledge about:

• the implications of the Adverse Childhood Experiences study for patients and health providers as they move toward personal resilience.
• the role of self-forgiveness in recovering from adverse childhood experiences and sustaining compassion satisfaction while providing trauma-informed care.
• the ethical responsibility for self-care as outlined in ANA's Nursing Code of Ethics.