Trauma Informed Care: Improving Staff Morale on 6 Henson

Authors

Kara Humphreys, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Katherine Karstens, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Kortney Neiderhauser, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Briana Pina, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Payton Tallent, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Stephanie Assad, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow
Madison Dexter, Children's Mercy HospitalFollow

Publication Date

10-2019

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Abstract

Six Henson staff reported feeings of burnout and compassion fatigue.

Aim Statements:

Decrease percentage of 6 Henson staff feeling sometimes or often "worn out because of [their] work as a helper" from 86% to 50% by August 1, 2019.

Increase the number of KUDOS cards submitted by 6 Henson staff from 2-3 per week to 10 per week by August 3, 2019.

Both aim statements were met and exceeded.

MeSH Keywords

Morale; Pediatric Nursing; Hospitals, Pediatric; Quality Improvement

Keywords

Trauma Informed Care; ProQOL

Disciplines

Pediatric Nursing

Notes

QI Consultant: Charity Thompson.

Recommended Citation

Humphreys, Kara; Karstens, Katherine; Neiderhauser, Kortney; Pina, Briana; Tallent, Payton; Assad, Stephanie; and Dexter, Madison, "Trauma Informed Care: Improving Staff Morale on 6 Henson" (2019). Posters. 130.
https://scholarlyexchange.childrensmercy.org/posters/130