Debriefing
individual nurses + healthcare systems
for
Nurses seeking support
Systems seeking partnership
Are you a nurse experiencing Cumulative Care Taking Trauma®?
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Cumulative Care Taking Trauma® is a theory and recognition of a pattern seen and felt within the collective nursing profession.
Cumulative Care Taking Trauma is the overexposure of abnormal and traumatic events with no time for
Acknowledgment
Discussion
Processing
Recovering (a sense of psychological safety) that results in emotional, physical and spiritual suffering.
Normalizing the use of supportive resources and responses
Cumulative Care Taking Trauma is a result of not only this overexposure but the perpetuating factors contributing to the emotional complexity of the job such as inadequate staffing, limited resources, insufficient mentorship, lack of psychological support and structural racism.
© Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc.
Theory
Intention
It is our intention to provide language as a blueprint for identifying interventions, developing trainings and supporting ongoing research that establish debriefing as a national standard of nursing practice.
Debriefing the Front Lines focuses on terms that recognize our humanness and provides tools that put this recognition into action.
Mission
Debriefing the Front Lines provides structured debriefing of single incident and Cumulative Care Taking Trauma, emotional wellness offerings, sobriety support, and CE workshops to individual nurses + systems through 1:1 sessions and hospital partnerships.
Est. March 26, 2020
Our work is mission driven with heart centered pricing - meaning those that can pay do so and those who are experiencing hardship are awarded scholarships/reduced rate sessions.
As a nonprofit organization, 58% of our funding comes from the generous donors of our commUNITY during our annual GivingTuesday fundraising campaign. The remainder comes from our programs, workshops and digital products tools + resources.
Every $50 donation provides one scholarship based debriefing session to a nurse in need.
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Read for Continuing Nursing Education! Complete the quiz at the end of the guide and earn 1.0 continuing nursing education contact hours through Debriefing the Front Lines, Inc.
Psychological Safety: Foundations for Trauma-Responsive Communication is 11 page PDF outlining the essential elements of trauma-informed and psychological safety in the workplace. It is intended to be a touchstone for deeper self and systems exploration, create an opportunity to familiarize yourself with our work and consider a partnership with Debriefing the Front Lines.
Includes:
Foundations of Trauma-Informed Care, Principles of Trauma-Informed Environments, Trauma-Informed Communication Techniques, Guides and Scripts, Psychological Safety in the Workplace, and the PAAIL Strategy for Conversation.
Hyperlinks to references for further reading.