Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Implementing a Team Wellness Program

Authors

Kristin E. Edwards, Center for Geriatrics and Palliative Care, Yale New Haven Health, Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA.
Sumi K. Misra, Division of General Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, TN Valley GRECC, Nashville, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.
Katy Hyman, MemorialCare Long Beach Medical Center, Long Beach, California, USA.
Ashley Albers, Four Seasons, The Care You Trust, Flat Rock, North Carolina, USA.
Arif H. Kamal, Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of palliative medicine

Abstract

Palliative care (PC) providers often face challenging and emotional cases while operating in the structures that are not ideally resourced. This combination can lead to burnout and further jeopardize resources from turnover, morale, and decreased productivity. Although many wellness efforts have focused on building personal resilience skills for individuals, programmatic approaches to improve a culture wellness are equally important in supporting clinical teams. This article brings together the perspectives of PC leaders with expertise in wellness to collate practical pearls for interventions that impact the culture of well-being in their organizations. In this article, we use a "Top 10" format to highlight the interventions that PC leaders can implement to support the well-being of clinical staff and promote program sustainability.

First Page

116

Last Page

121

DOI

10.1089/jpm.2020.0628

Publication Date

1-1-2021

Recommended Citation

Edwards, Kristin E.; Misra, Sumi K.; Hyman, Katy; Albers, Ashley; and Kamal, Arif H., "Top Ten Tips Palliative Care Clinicians Should Know about Implementing a Team Wellness Program" (2021). All Research. 127.
https://scholar.bridgeporthospital.org/all_research/127

Identifier

33146569 (pubmed); 10.1089/jpm.2020.0628 (doi)