007. When Helping Them is Hurting Me: How to Avoid an Ethical Violation due to Compassion Fatigue
007. When Helping Them is Hurting Me: How to Avoid an Ethical Violation due to Compassion Fatigue
Categories: RENEW ALASKA CRUISE
Approved for 1 CEs for Psychologists, Licensed Professionals Counselors, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapists, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Chemical Dependency Counselors
Approved for 1 CMEs for Medical Doctors, Osteopathic Physicians, and Physicians Assistants
Approved for 1 CEUs for Nurses and Nurse Practitioners
Approved for 1 IBCC CEs for Pastors, Pastoral Counselors, Teachers, and Coaches
Level: Beginner
Presenter:
Mercy Connors, Ph.D.
Summary:
After the Covid Pandemic, the health services industry was decimated by professionals leaving the field due to burnout and compassion fatigue. The industry still feels the effects of the pandemic with a continued strain on resources and personnel to do the jobs they were able to do just three years ago. In this workshop, participants will examine the mistakes and short –cuts that are often taken when a professional is experiencing high levels of compassion fatigue and how ethics codes of multiple mental health and medical professions have made changes to account for compassion fatigue and burnout. Participants will be able to take a compassion fatigue assessment and create a plan for their recovery that would mitigate ethical violations.
Learning Objectives
Participants will:
- Evaluate various ethics codes that describe self-care for mental health and medical professionals as an ethical duty to their clients and patients.
- Examine the burnout level of each participant utilizing the PROQOL assessment
- Create a plan that is individualized to the participant for their own recovery based on their PROQOL assessment