Beyond the Bedside: Understanding Moral Distress in Compassionate Practice
On-Demand Webinar
StreamedMay 21, 2026Duration90 minutes
- Unlimited & shareable access starting
two business days after live stream - Available on desktop, mobile & tablet devices 24/7
- Take-away toolkit
- Ability to download webinar video
- Presenter's contact info for questions
Moral distress is a common experience in serious illness care.
This webinar will define and explore the concept,
and participants will gain a clear understanding of how ethical challenges and
emotional strain affect professional well-being and patient care. Join this
engaging session to strengthen resilience, enhance compassionate care, and
support a healthier work environment across all care settings where moral and
emotional demands are constant.
KEY WEBINAR TAKEAWAYS
- Differentiating empathic strain, secondary trauma, moral distress, and burnout
- Symptoms of moral distress in healthcare providers
- Measurement tools for moral distress
- Institutional strategies/programs that provide necessary support to mitigate moral distress for any provider
- Three individual, team, and institutional strategies that support sustainability in the healthcare workplace
BONUS MATERIALS
- Outline for making the case for strategies to identify and mitigate moral distress
- List of peer-reviewed articles related to moral distress in healthcare providers.
WEBINAR DETAILS
This webinar will define
and discuss common feelings of moral distress in serious illness care. Evidence-based
data and strategies will be offered to mitigate the harmful effects of
experiencing moral distress, which is a normal experience in clinical practice.
THIS WEBINAR WILL BENEFIT THE FOLLOWING AGENCIES:
- Hospice
- Home Care
- Home Health
- Palliative Care
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- Nurses
- CNAs
- Social workers
- Physicians
- Students
- Chaplains
TAKE-AWAY TOOLKIT
- Employee training log
- Interactive quiz
- PDF of slides and speaker’s contact info for follow-up questions
- Attendance certificate provided to self-report CE credits
NOTE: All materials are subject to copyright. Transmission, retransmission, or republishing of any webinar to other institutions or those not employed by your institution is prohibited. Print materials may be copied for eligible participants only.
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