This presentation will highlight the results of two of our studies on Job Satisfaction, Burnout and Resilience with NPs that work in the acute care environment. Quantitative and qualitative findings will be presented as well as a conceptual framework and key strategies to promote healthy NP work environments.
Learning objectives:
After the completion of this presentation the participants will be able to:
a) Verbalize three important factors that contribute to NP job satisfaction and burnout.
b) Identify some strategies to increase NP resilience and improve job satisfaction.
SPEAKERS:
Lori Harwood, PhD, RN(EC), CNeph(C) Nurse Practitioner-Adult, Renal Care Program & NP Consultant/Lead London Health Sciences Centre. Lori Harwood has been working as a nurse practitioner in the Adam Linton Hemodialysis unit in the Renal Care Program, at the London Health Sciences Centre for over 25 years. For the last 3 years she has been in a hybrid role of NP/NP Lead. She has worked her entire career helping people with kidney disease. She earned her Master's of Science degree from the University of Toronto, her Nurse Practitioner Certificate from Western University and her PhD in nursing from the University of Alberta. Lori is an adjunct associate professor with the Arthur Labatt School of Nursing, Western University. She has a passion for nursing research with her inspiration arising from clinical issues and her NP colleagues.
Jacqueline Crandall, RN(EC), MScN, PhD, CNeph(c) Nurse Practitioner-Adult, Renal Care Program London Health Sciences Centre. Jacqueline Crandall has been working as a nurse practitioner in the Renal Care Program at the London Health Sciences Centre since 2016. Prior to that, she worked in fields of palliative care, wound care, and geriatrics. Her areas of interest are quality improvement and end-of-life care. She earned her Master's of Science in Nursing degree from the University of Windsor, her Nurse Practitioner Diploma from the University of Toronto, and her PhD in nursing from the University of Alberta. Jacqueline also teaches in the Thanatology program at King’s University College. Jacqueline gains her research inspiration from her well written colleagues Lori Harwood and Barb Wilson and is forever thankful to their mentorship and friendship and her passion for the topic of nursing education from the excellent staff in the LHSC Renal Care Program.
Wilma Koopman is a nurse practitioner with a lengthy career working in the Neuromuscular Disease Clinic at London Health Sciences Centre. Her academic and clinical accomplishments include authoring journal articles, book chapters, guideline development, and engaging in speaking engagements focused on improving neurological patient care by educating nurses about the nuances of rare neuromuscular diseases. In 2015, she entered a PhD program in Health Professions Education at Western University with the desire of leaving a legacy that would center the patients she had learned from over the years. Her thesis titled “Navigating, Negotiating, Narrating: Re-envisioning in Chronic Illness Care” explores how patient-centered care can be derailed and how the stories that unfold in health care encounters are often incomplete.