Mindfulness: Self Care for the Provider

Providers are in increasingly stressful environments. This presentation we will cover the history of mindfulness, supporting research, and its evidence-based use in practice and self care. We will teach various formal and informal practices that can be used at the moment.  This course is divided into 3-10 min. video segments to complete at your own pace.

Objectives:

Participants will :

• Practice at least 3 methods to increase mindfulness and decrease stress.
• Describe 3 mindfulness practices they can use.
• Identify the relationship between mindfulness and its impact on the mind-body connection.
• List 2 ways self-compassion practice helps address the stress response.

This activity is approved for 1 contact hour(s) of continuing education (which includes 0 hour(s) of pharmacology) by Frontier Nursing University. Activity #2411-001. This activity was planned in accordance with ANCC Commission on Accreditation Standards and Policies. This activity has been approved for 3 years (through 11/25/2028).