Tips for Healthcare Professionals: Coping with Stress and Compassion Fatigue

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This tip sheet delves into the signs and symptoms of stress and compassion fatigue among healthcare providers. It emphasizes the significance of self-care and stress management, offering guidance for both staff and team leads on how to tackle stress and compassion fatigue. Managers are encouraged to help staff by scheduling rest periods between shifts. It provides resources for professional mental health support if needed and includes contact information for SAMHSA's helplines and services.

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Focus Areas: Everyday Emergency; Mental Health

Audiences: Behavioral Health Professionals; EMS Clinicians; Nurses; Physicians

Emergency Management Stage: Preparedness (Prevention / Protection)

Keywords: Burnout, Professional; Health Personnel; Mental Health Services; Stress, Physiological; Pandemics; Disaster Medicine; Compassion Fatigue; COVID-19

Institutions: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

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