compassionate care in nursing august 13, 2013 royal institute of health sciences
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Compassionate Care In Nursing August 13, 2013 Royal Institute of Health Sciences Dorrie K. Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN. School of Nursing at the University Of Virginia. Dorrie K. Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing & Dean. Agenda. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Compassionate Care
In Nursing August 13, 2013
Royal Institute of Health Sciences
Dorrie K. Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN
School of Nursing
at the UniversityOf VirginiaDorrie K. Fontaine, RN, PhD, FAAN
Sadie Heath Cabaniss Professor of Nursing & Dean
Agenda
What is compassion? And empathy?
Why needed for nurses?
How to create compassionate people and systems
At the beginning…Upaya Buddhist
Retreat Center
Being with Dying
Started in April 2009
Today, 50 professionals from UVA in 4 cohorts
Compassion…experiencing a trembling or quivering of the heart in response to another’s pain
Sharon Salzburg
Empathy
Putting yourself in another’s shoes
Central concept of emotional intelligence
Requires not judging, staying open and listening deeply
Mindfulness
Being in touchPaying attentionIn the present On purposeNon-judgmental
From Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Wherever you go, there you are (2005).
Susan Bauer-Wu
The Tussi and John Kluge Professor in Contemplative End-of-Life Care, Dr. Susan Bauer-Wu studies mindfulness as a route to living fully and enhancing stress resilience, and is a fervent advocate of compassionate care.
“If we truly practiced with compassion and empathy, what would the health care system look like? How would we be transformed? How might this change the outcomes for patients and families and the students we teach?”
Fontaine, D.K., Rushton, C., & Sharma, M. (in press, 2013). Fostering compassion and empathy. In Leading change and changing the way we lead.
Compassionate Care Initiative at UVA: Alleviating human suffering
Resilience
Health care providers
Students
Physicians- and nurses-to-be work in tandem at the annual Remote Area Medical (RAM) clinic in summer, in Wise, Virginia.
July 2012
Interprofessional education
How do we put compassion into action?
What are you willing to notice in your world?
Jonathan Bartels RNEmergency Department and the “Pause”
6 am Every Wednesday
Resilience Room, School of Nursing
Compassion as a Global Remedy
His Holiness the DalaiLama, October 2012
Cultivate. Create. Celebrate.