Leadership and Management Skills to Enhance Your Professional Role-Moral Injury: Supporting Individuals and Teams

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The speaker discusses the concept of moral distress in the healthcare profession, particularly in the ICU. They explain how moral injury occurs when healthcare providers are unable to act according to their ethical beliefs, resulting in emotional challenges. They provide a case example of a patient with COVID-19 who is suffering from severe respiratory failure, and the healthcare team is struggling with the decision on how to care for the patient and address the family's demands. The speaker emphasizes the importance of acknowledging and addressing moral distress. They discuss strategies to reduce moral distress and enhance well-being, such as cultivating compassion and humility, engaging in medical humanities, creating positive work environments, and practicing intentional processing through activities like journaling, grieving rounds, and real-time debriefings. The speaker highlights the need for both individual and systemic solutions to address moral distress and prevent burnout in healthcare providers.

Keywords

moral distress

healthcare profession

ICU

moral injury

COVID-19

respiratory failure

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