MHNIG Webinar: Mindfulness for Nurses with Judy Waldman
This presentation will introduce the nurse to mindfulness-based stress reduction practices that may be beneficial for managing the negative impacts of stress and burnout. Many nurses experience stress, burnout or compassion fatigue as a result of their work. Self-care is frequently recommended for nurses, but we often think about self-care in terms of ‘doing’ things for ourselves or taking time for ourselves, but less in terms of ways of ‘being’. Mindfulness approaches work to develop internal resilience and self-compassion which has been found to be a significant factor associated with mitigating the negative mental and physical health outcomes of burnout.
This presentation will explore:
- the neurobiological basis for stress
- stress reactivity and the stress response
- what mindfulness is and how it functions to help balance the stress response
- how with practice may become a sustainable approach to stress management.
Although the focus is on ourselves as nurses, we will also explore how mindfulness practices may help with our clients.
This will be an interactive session, providing mindfulness and self-compassion practice exercises throughout.
Judy is a Nurse Practitioner in private psychotherapy practice in Toronto, Ontario. Judy has a background in mental health and forensic nursing and brings this experience to her psychotherapy practice. Judy specializes in trauma therapy and working with clients who experience PTSD, anxiety, and depression. Judy is also a Registered Yoga Teacher and certified in facilitating Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) through the Centre of Mindfulness Studies and the University of Toronto. She incorporates mindfulness and mind-body practices into psychotherapy.
Topic: Webinar: Mindfulness for Nurses (Judy Waldman)
Time: Oct 4, 2019 01:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Approximately 90 minutes
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