Welcome back to The Peds NP Acute Care Faculty series! This series was created and peer-reviewed by national leaders in acute care PNP education collaborating with one another to meet the needs of our current and future colleagues. In the push for competency-based education where faculty verify the skills of what a student can do, rather than their knowledge, our series focuses on the application of didactic content with a practical approach so that you can learn nuances of clinical skills before you reach the bedside.  This episode explores wellness for the pediatric nurse practitioner. We first discuss burnout in terms of its physical and mental impact on the provider as well as poorer patient outcomes and healthcare systems burdens. After we identify symptoms of burnout and compassion fatigue, we’ll discuss what wellness looks like in various systems at work from organizational culture of wellness to ease of daily work and finally personal resilience. We end with a discussion on self-compassion and introduce the evidence in support of meditation as a strategy to promote mind-body wellness. For some, this concept is new, so the technical aspects of meditation are unpacked to facilitate your own path to daily wellness. This episode pairs well with the 5-minute meditation for pediatric providers.    Authors: Becky Carson, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC/AC, Bridget Sullivan Garmisa, MSN, MS, CRNP, RD References: Berwick, D. M., Nolan, T. W., & Whittington, J. (2008). The triple aim: care, health, and cost. Health affairs (Project Hope), 27(3), 759–769. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.27.3.759 Chan, G. K., Kuriakose, C., Blacker, A., Harshman, J., Kim, S., Jordan, L., & Shanafelt, T. D. (2021). An organizational initiative to assess and improve well-being in advanced practice providers. Journal of Interprofessional Education & Practice, 25, 100469-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjep.2021.100469 Green, A. A., & Kinchen, E. V. (2021). The Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on Stress and Burnout in Nurses. Journal of holistic nursing : official journal of the American Holistic Nurses' Association, 39(4), 356–368. https://doi.org/10.1177/08980101211015818 Kabat-Zinn, J. (2005). Wherever You Go There You are (10th ed.). Hyperion Kriakous, S. A., Elliott, K. A., Lamers, C., & Owen, R. (2021). The Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction on the Psychological Functioning of Healthcare Professionals: a Systematic Review. Mindfulness, 12(1), 1–28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-020-01500-9 Leiter, M. P., & Maslach, C. (2004). Areas of worklife: A structured approach to organizational predictors of job burnout. In P. L. Perrewé & D. C. Ganster (Eds.), Emotional and physiological processes and positive intervention strategies (pp. 91–134). Elsevier Science/JAI Press. Lennon, Y. (2023). The quintuple aim: What it is and why does it matter? Chess Health Solutions. https://www.chesshealthsolutions.com/2023/08/01/the-quintuple-aim-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter/#:~:text=The%20Quintuple%20Aim%20is%20an,system%20to%20establish%20health%20equity. Makary, M. A., & Daniel, M. (2016). Medical error-the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 353, i2139. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.i2139 Maslach, C., Schaufeli, W. B., & Leiter, M. P. (2001). Job burnout. Annual review of psychology, 52, 397–422. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev.psych.52.1.397 National Wellness Institute. (2024). NWI’s six dimensions of wellness. https://nationalwellness.org/resources/six-dimensions-of-wellness/#:~:text=Wellness%20is%20a%20conscious%2C%20self,a%20long%20and%20healthy%20life. Neff, K. D. (2023). Self-Compassion: Theory, Method, Research, and Intervention. Annual Review of Psychology, 74(1), 193–218. https://doi.org/10.1146/annurev-psych-032420-031047 Panagioti, M., Khan, K., Keers, R. N., Abuzour, A., Phipps, D., Kontopantelis, E., Bower, P., Campbell, S., Haneef, R., Avery, A. J., & Ashcroft,