2-25-2025 Moral Distress: Coping with Difficult Situations and Decisions

Pittsburgh, PA US
February 25, 2025

This session will explore the causes and dimensions of moral distress and burnout in the clinical setting. Current trends will be evaluated, and mitigation techniques will be provided to equip providers with the resources and skills necessary to address and avoid distress and burnout.

Target Audience

RNs / SW / Health Coaches / Paramedics / EMTs / CCMs

Learning Objectives

  • Identify and understand the causes of moral distress and burnout and their consequences.
  • Know how and where to access resources to address specific causes of moral distress.
  • Develop personal strategies to address moral distress and burnout in the workplace.
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
12/20/2024
Course expires: 
03/20/2025
Event starts: 
02/25/2025 - 11:02am EST
Event ends: 
02/25/2025 - 4:03pm EST
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Program Agenda:   

Program begins at 1  ☐am  ☒pm and ends at 2  ☐am  ☒pm.    Total Education Time = 1 Hour(s)

TIME

CONTENT

PRESENTER

100 pm – 115pm pm

This session will explore the causes and dimensions of moral distress and burnout in the clinical setting.

Carrie Stott and Aimee Zellers

115pm-140pm

Current trends will be evaluated, and mitigation techniques will be provided to equip providers skills

Carrie Stott and Aimee Zellers

 

140pm-200pm

Resources and skills necessary to address and avoid distress and burnout.

Carrie Stott and Aimee Zellers

 

UPMC Health Plan
600 Grant Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
United States

Aimee Zellers, PhD

Carrie Stott, PhD, LSW

Nursing (CNE) 

The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hour(s). 

CCM CE will be provided: 1.0 CE - CCM COA will be sent via email from UPMC Health Plan nurse planner approximately 6-8 weeks following the live date of the course. 

This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics.  Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1 CE credit(s). 

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.0 continuing education credit(s). 

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity. 

NOTE:  Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved.  This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 ASWB
  • 1.00 Attendance
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