This podcast featured discussions about trauma-informed care in healthcare settings, with multiple speakers sharing their experiences as nurses and healthcare professionals. Speakers explored how past traumas affect both patients and healthcare workers, emphasizing the importance of compassionate communication, self-care, and building trust with patients from diverse backgrounds. The conversation concluded with personal stories and insights about overcoming trauma through empathy, confidence building, and the importance of maintaining human connection in healthcare.
Melanie shared her background as a nurse with over 25 years of experience, highlighting her work in higher education and acute care. She observed how patients and healthcare workers alike were affected by trauma, particularly exacerbated by COVID-19. Melanie's goal is to help healthcare organizations improve patient engagement and staff retention by fostering a trauma-informed approach, recognizing the high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and the need for sensitivity in communications.
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This podcast featured discussions about trauma-informed care in healthcare settings, with multiple speakers sharing their experiences as nurses and healthcare professionals. Speakers explored how past traumas affect both patients and healthcare workers, emphasizing the importance of compassionate communication, self-care, and building trust with patients from diverse backgrounds. The conversation concluded with personal stories and insights about overcoming trauma through empathy, confidence building, and the importance of maintaining human connection in healthcare.
Melanie shared her background as a nurse with over 25 years of experience, highlighting her work in higher education and acute care. She observed how patients and healthcare workers alike were affected by trauma, particularly exacerbated by COVID-19. Melanie's goal is to help healthcare organizations improve patient engagement and staff retention by fostering a trauma-informed approach, recognizing the high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and the need for sensitivity in communications.
In this episode, Jeff Friedman speaks with Victoria Burns, Ph.D. an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary. Here we discuss her own recovery from trauma and addiction. We also touch on the stigma of being sober in academia.
Trauma Informed Podcast
This podcast featured discussions about trauma-informed care in healthcare settings, with multiple speakers sharing their experiences as nurses and healthcare professionals. Speakers explored how past traumas affect both patients and healthcare workers, emphasizing the importance of compassionate communication, self-care, and building trust with patients from diverse backgrounds. The conversation concluded with personal stories and insights about overcoming trauma through empathy, confidence building, and the importance of maintaining human connection in healthcare.
Melanie shared her background as a nurse with over 25 years of experience, highlighting her work in higher education and acute care. She observed how patients and healthcare workers alike were affected by trauma, particularly exacerbated by COVID-19. Melanie's goal is to help healthcare organizations improve patient engagement and staff retention by fostering a trauma-informed approach, recognizing the high prevalence of adverse childhood experiences and the need for sensitivity in communications.
