Self Preservation: Practicing Radical Self-Care During Difficult Times
Webinar Overview
Self-care is an essential survival skill for nurses. Now more than ever, nurses must equip themselves with the tools to practice radical self-care, as an act of self-preservation. This presentation will focus on your overall physical, emotional, and mental health in a way that feels relevant and measurable for nurses, paying specific attention to areas of your life that directly impact work-life balance. Tangible steps to practice self-care will be discussed.
Objectives
- Learn about the five domains of wellness: Workplace, Social, Physical, Emotional, Societal,
- Develop plan of action for how you will achieve wellness in each domain,
- Share your own wellness “best-practices” and learn from others in the course
This Webinar is hosted by the Graduate Nursing Student Academy (GNSA). For more information on the GNSA, visit www.aacnnursing.org/GNSA.
Speakers
Patty Wilson, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC
Assistant Professor
Johns Hopkins University
Dr. Patty Wilson is an Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing (JHSON). In her faculty role, she serves as a clinical coordinator for pre-licensure nursing students during their psychiatric clinical rotation. She also teaches in the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner post masters’ certificate program. Dr. Wilson is part of the JHSON Center for Community Innovation and Scholarship, where she is the site supervisor for doctoral nursing students working as community health nurses at the House of Ruth Maryland, a shelter for families escaping intimate partner violence. Dr. Wilson is a co-principal investigator of the Passport to Freedom program which provides psycho-educational sessions for women to promote self-awareness of the link between trauma and health and offers strategies to cope with symptoms of trauma/stress.
Dr. Wilson completed her Doctoral and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) studies at the University of Virginia School of Nursing. Her dissertation focused on the relationship between housing instability, race/ethnicity, depressive symptoms, and increased exposure to IPV among mothers. Dr. Wilson works as PMHNP at Families First Counseling and Psychiatric, a Baltimore City Community based behavioral health clinic.
Pricing and CE Credit
This webinar is free to deans, faculty, staff and students from AACN member schools of nursing. All non-member audiences will be required to pay a $59 webinar fee.
Continuing Education Credits:
Eligible attendees may receive one continuing nursing education (CNE) contact hour for participating in this webinar. The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) is an accredited CNE-provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.