Beyond the Bedside: Understanding Moral Distress in Compassionate Practice

Home Care Home Health Hospice Palliative Care Nursing

On-Demand Webinar

StreamedMay 21, 2026Duration90 minutes

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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

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