Promoting Resiliency Among Palliative Care Clinicians: Stressors, Coping Strategies, and Training Needs
Palliative care clinicians (PCCs) regularly witness immense patient and family suffering; the following qualitative study explores common stressors, coping strategies, and training needs among PCCs to inform development of targeted resiliency programs. Three main areas of stressors are: (1) managing large, emotionally demanding caseloads within time constraints; (2) addressing patients’ mutable needs, managing family dynamics, and meeting demands and expectations; and (3) delineating emotional-professional boundaries. The common coping methods were engaging in healthy behaviors and hobbies and seeking emotional support. PCCs desired training in mind-body skills (e.g., breathing, yoga, meditation), health education about effects of stress, and brief strategies to help reduce ruminative thoughts and negative self-talk that can be readily integrated during work.
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Organizational Factors, Organizational Strategies
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