Thursday, December 5th, 11:30 AM ET

Nurse Yourself Live Events

Hosted by Erica Hooper

Join Erica on Thursday with special guest Mary Pat DeWald who will be speaking on the topic of moral injury.

Mary Pat DeWald - "I have been a Nurse for 30 plus years and have co-lead and lead trainings on Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious Trauma, Moral Injury, Burn Out and Resiliency. I am passionate about embracing a culture of caring with love and listening. In 2020 when Dr. Lorna Breen completed suicide, I began looking at my work through the lens of Moral Injury. Over the past 4 years my heart of hearts has been broken. My Moral Compass went wacky...I had to stop in my tracks and question my authenticity, my values, my integrity. There is not support for "Whistle Blowers," though this too is being looked at with colleagues." 

Mary Pat has an extensive background in health care and dovetails her passion for social justice, mental health and wellness, and resiliency in health care providers with her nursing and outreach in the communities she serves.

She has a broad and extensive background in Health Care from cradle to grave and beyond. She spends time facilitating workshops and training in Resiliency addressing moral injury, burn out, compassion fatigue, and vicarious trauma. She enjoys her work in Hospice and Palliative Care, and providing individuals with her work as an End of Life Specialist. She has worked as a Health and Wellness Coach, Consultant, Educator, and Clinician and is board certified in Forensic Nursing as a Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner. She served in a Governor's appointed position on Colorado's Child Fatality Review Committee for 16 years and has held numerous positions on boards, committees and professional organizations.

Mary Pat serves on the board of directors with the non-profit Vital Hearts and as a trainer in Secondary Trauma Resiliency. She has presented locally, nationally and internationally. She loves teaching nursing students as they are a big part of our future in health care. Mary Pat enjoys the outdoors, gourmet cooking, solving mysteries, reading, teaching her nursing students, and above all spending time with her family. One of her distinct passions is living life to the fullest and integrating Self-Care with The Happiness Project and laying the foundation for The Nightingale Center for Human Caring.

Completed - Recording Posted

Belonging and Communitas

Jan Anderson, EdD, RN, AHN-BC, Caritas Coach soul-to-soul, and radiate healing energy to all our brothers and sisters.

As human beings, it is our need to feel heard, seen, accepted and appreciated for who we are that helps us to feel connected to ourselves and others so we can transcend the illusion that we are separate and alone. It is in a loving, supportive communitas that we become more sensitive and aware of ourselves and each other. We learn to see each other as unique and beautiful with gifts and talents that help to connect and strengthen the community. The ethic of belonging moves us into the Unitary Caring field so we can fulfill our moral responsibility to care for and have compassion and respect not only others, but ourselves. This means we become morally obligated to take compassionate human action towards hope, faith, health and peace. We do this by co-creating communitas wherever we are. Practicing equanimity, caritas communication and love and acceptance.

Completed - Recording Posted

Transpersonal Nursing as Ontological Artists: Using Healing with the Arts as a Guide Towards Transcendence 

With Ruth Simmons, MSN, RN, CLC, CNOR

Ruth Simmons is a self-taught artist and dedicated Nurse with eight years of experience, initially in labor and delivery and currently in a leadership role within the operating room. Residing on an acreage in rural Nebraska, Ruth enjoys nurturing a garden and connecting with her animals. A passionate painter, Ruth works with acrylics and oils to express her creativity. As a PhD student in the Caring Science program at the University of Colorado Anschutz, Ruth collaborated with Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane on an independent study in "Healing with the Arts." This experience deepened Ruth's understanding of Transpersonal Nursing as an ontological artist, focusing on self-healing to enhance compassion for oneself and others. Her ultimate goal is to explore resiliency in Nurses through arts-based research.

Completed -  Recording Posted

Cultivating Heart Soul Connection

Join us for this special event with Rev. Prof. Stephen G. Wright, Spiritual Director and Trustee of The Sacred Space Foundation a non-profit, non-denominational retreat center and charitable trust in the United Kingdom. He will share insights from his decades of work as a Nurse, Educator and Spiritual Guide along with excerpts from his new film Fugue, a visually stunning and spiritually uplifting meditative experience.

Rev. Prof. Stephen G. Wright - Resident Spiritual Director & Trustee

Stephen had a long and distinguished history in academia and as a nurse in the British National Health Service, gathering lots of glittering prizes along the way and with many publications, conference presentations and other works to his name. Some of his books, focusing on healing, spirituality and poetry are available on this website. He has been blessed by significant training in the presence of several renowned teachers and at the Interfaith Seminary. He is an Honorary Fellow of the University of Cumbria, Member of the Iona Community and committed to deep spiritual practice. He is a facilitator of retreats and a consultant to organisations developing the practice of healing, compassion, spiritual care, leadership, conflict resolution and staff support. He is an ordained interfaith minister and spiritual director and brings a rich experience of spiritual practice from many faiths to his work.

Completed - Recording Posted 

Celebrating the Global Impact of Nurses with Dr. Jean Watson

Join us as we kick-off Nurses Week in conversation with Dr. Jean Watson about the impact Nurses are having in caring, healing, and peace across the globe. Hosted by Dr. Mary Rockwood Lane, we will be honoring the gift of self in service to humanity.

Monthly Circle - Loss and Grief in Nursing

Our Nursing Community has come together to create space for supporting each other as we traverse the loss, grief and sorrows we face in our work of caring for others. Open to all, and please know we will continue to find ways to make this more available to various schedules and commitments.  

4th Wednesday of each month

Wednesday, Nov 27th - 4 PM  ET

1 Hour Event

Additional Upcoming Live Events!  

• 11/21, 11:30 AM ET - Nurse Yourself Live Event 
• 11/27, 4 PM ET - Grief Circle