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ForwardHome Study: Put Your Oxygen Mask on First: Self Care for Caregivers
“Put Your Oxygen Mask on First: Self Care for Caregivers” This program will be offered to promote self-care. Recognizing that nurses are not only professional caregivers but often have caregiver responsibilities at home for aging loved ones, this program will provide tips to manage stress and promote self-care.
Target Audience
UPMC Mercy Nurses
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the impact of caregiver stress and physical health.
- Identify three strategies to promote self-care for caregivers.
- Discuss the importance of self-care and better patient care.
“Put Your Oxygen Mask on First: Self Care for Caregivers” This program will be offered to promote self-care. Recognizing that nurses are not only professional caregivers but often have caregiver responsibilities at home for aging loved ones, this program will provide tips to manage stress and promote self-care.
Melissa Jones, MSN, RN, CDP, DS-geriatric PNS UPMC Mercy Nursing Education. She has been a nurse for over 25 years. Her clinical background includes nephrology, developmental disabilities, community outreach and education as well executive and leadership roles. Melissa is a certified dementia practitioner and a dementia specialist. She is also works with the National Resource Center for Academic Detailing and is adjunct clinical faculty with Duquesne School of Nursing.
Conflict of Interest Disclosure: No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing health care goods or services, used on, or consumed by, patients to disclose.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Nursing (CNE)
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 0.5 contact hours.
Available Credit
- 0.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation