Mental Health and PTSD in the Nursing Profession by P. Dwyer, M. Schuster | OPENPediatrics

In this Nursing World Shared Practice Forum podcast, Dr. Patricia Dwyer and Ms. Michelle Schuster share their research on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) in the nursing field. They discuss how to identify symptoms and potential causes of PTSD for nurses. Dr. Patricia Dwyer and Ms. Michelle Schuster also discuss which nursing subspecialties carry a higher risk for PTSD and offer coping strategies for managing symptoms. Learning Objectives • Identify symptoms of PTSD • Recognize which personality types could be more susceptible to PTSD • Learn the prevalence rate of PTSD amongst pediatric subspecialties • List coping strategies for managing PTSD symptoms Publication Date: October 19, 2021. Citation: Dwyer P, Schuster M, DeGrazia M. Mental Health and PTSD in the Nursing Profession. 10/2021. Online Podcast. OPENPediatrics. https://soundcloud.com/openpediatrics/mental-health-and-ptsd-in-the-nursing-profession Please visit: http://www.openpediatrics.org OPENPediatrics™ is an interactive digital learning platform for healthcare clinicians sponsored by Boston Children’s Hospital and in collaboration with the World Federation of Pediatric Intensive and Critical Care Societies. It is designed to promote the exchange of knowledge between healthcare providers around the world caring for critically ill children in all resource settings. The content includes internationally recognized experts teaching a full range of topics on the care of critically ill children. All content is peer-reviewed and open access-and thus at no expense to the user. For further information on how to enroll, please email: openpediatrics@childrens.harvard.edu