Mental Health Awareness for Carers & Nurses

Caring for others is rewarding, but it can also be emotionally and physically demanding. This course explores compassion fatigue, burnout, moral distress and the effects of shift work, and shows how reflective practice, supervision, peer support and healthy boundaries can help. It is awareness training and is not a substitute for professional help, so it also explains where to find support.
Modules
5
Duration
About 45 minutes
Pass mark
80%
Assessment
10 questions from a bank of 17

Learning outcomes

  • ✓Describe the emotional demands of care and nursing work and why they affect wellbeing
  • ✓Distinguish between compassion fatigue, burnout and moral distress
  • ✓Recognise early signs of strain in yourself and colleagues, including the effects of shift work on sleep
  • ✓Use reflective practice, clinical supervision and peer support to process difficult experiences
  • ✓Set healthy professional boundaries and know where to get support at work and beyond

Course contents

  1. Module 1: The emotional demands of care work

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  2. Module 2: Compassion fatigue, burnout and moral distress

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 3 practice questions

  3. Module 3: Shift work, sleep and spotting the signs

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  4. Module 4: Reflective practice, supervision and peer support

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  5. Module 5: Getting support

    Video (4 scenes) · 2 lessons · 2 practice questions

  6. Final assessment & certificate