Jennifer Kirk and I take you through a conversation through nursing challenges,
moral distress, compassion fatigue and vicarious trauma and how that can affect our lives as nurses.

We also highlight the health care systems set up that leave us vulnerable to errors that impact us and our mental health in devastating ways and how we can set ourselves up to be supported with mentorship and seeking help and guidance before we are circling the drain in despair.

Sandra's Key Takeaways:

• The Baggage Of Nursing 
• Boundaries 
• Heart Math Breathing 
• Bullying 
• Compassion Fatigue

 
About the Guest:
 
Jennifer Kirk BA, BN, RN, LP is the founder of Dragonfly Meadows - offering Equine
Facilitated Learning workshops for RN'S, LPN'S and other professional caregivers since 2014.

Jennifer is a practicing Registered Nurse with 17 years of experience. As an RN who has worked the majority of her career in critical care, she knows all too well the challenges nurses.  Throughout her career, she has experienced the changes in the health care system that have  impacted nurses: increased workload, low morale, high turnover rates, moral injury, compassion  fatigue, vicarious trauma, and poor work-life balance, to name a few.
Jennifer took her first workshop in Equine Facilitated Learning in 2012 and wanted to find a way to help nurses understand the stressors of their careers. A magazine article on Compassion Fatigue was an "A-ha" moment for her and she has been offering workshops for Nurses since 2014. She is a certified Equine Learning Professional through PRO-EFW ( Canada).

About the Host:
Sandra Payne is an ex-RN and Master Certified Holistic Wellness Trauma
Informed Coach. After overcoming her own suffering with psychological and
moral injury as a nurse she left the traditional nursing setting and explored
the world of coaching. She is the founder of the Nurse Rx Coaching Program
designed exclusively for other nurses who are struggling in their
psychological and emotional well-being. She is also the host of the End the
Silence Podcast, showcasing Nurse’s and their raw and touching stories of the
realties of living life as a nurse as well as inspiring hope & possibility for
change. Sandra is also a published children’s author with her book “The
Perfect Snowflake” and a singer songwriter.

Join the community of support - Facebook group “Surviving Nursing”
https://www.facebook.com/groups/638818697054847

Connect with Sandra Payne and download a copy of the Surviving
Nursing live workshop here https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com

Interested in becoming a Certified Holistic Wellness Coach check out
the IAWP here https://iawp.ontraport.net/t?orid=91998&opid=28

And watch this recording of a live interview with Sandra Payne and
the founder of the IAWP Suzanne Monroe


Purchase “The Perfect Snowflake” at https://www.sandrapaynecoach.com/the-perfect-snowflake-book/

Subscribe to Sandra Payne Wellness https://www.youtube.com/
channel/UCdIb3P4EoprDYrI2MxfcqtQ

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