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Resources for Healthcare Workers

Here is a list of all our resources for healthcare workers dealing with COVID-19 in their daily lives.

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The Reach for Resilience team composed this toolkit that can be utilized as a guide to preventing burnout. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare workers have been focused on taking care of others, but this toolkit is to help you care for yourself, and if in a leadership position, your employees too. Inside you will find practical tips, advice, and evidence-based research findings to assist you in preventing burnout and managing your mental health.

The Reach for Resilience team composed this guide after synthesizing available information and research on supporting employees (including healthcare workers) through the COVID-19 pandemic and general mental health concerns in the workplace.

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Be Wellcast Season 2: Episode 1 – Dr. Jon Ulven – Guest Toolkit

Dr Ulven joined the Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota team for their podcast series: Be Wellcast. 

Episode notes:

Many of us experience times of stress, sleeplessness or panic, but not everyone is aware that it’s often a treatable symptom of anxiety, depression or other mental health disorders.

The last few years of the pandemic has exasperated many people’s mental health conditions, and our guest, Sanford Psychologist Dr. Jon Ulven, wants you to know that you aren’t alone.

Learn what mental health conditions can look like in day-to-day life, along with practical tips to treat symptoms.

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Reach for Resilience: Addressing Healthcare Worker Mental Health

ND Hospital Association 2020 Annual Convention (Sept 2020)

Jon Ulven, PhD, LP and Stephanie Schafer MEd, LPCC, NCC

This lecture discussed the research on the effects of COVID-19 on healthcare worker mental health, building resiliency within healthcare organizations, interventions to aid healthcare workers’s emotional health, and information on the Reach for Resilience program.

Watch on Vimeo

(2021) Culture Change: Fostering a Resilient Workplace

Reach for Resilience hosted a virtual conference on June 2, 2021. 

This event was provided in joint partnership between Sanford Health, Sanford Research, and North Dakota Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Division.

The purpose of this event was to equip and enhance the skillset of healthcare leaders
in addressing their employee’s mental well-being and burnout.

Topics:

Stephanie Schafer MEd, LPCC, NCC: Pandemic Mental Health in the Workplace: How it presents and how to talk about it

Jenn Faul, LCSW: Strength Together Through and After the Storm: A group resiliency guide to calmer days

Jon Ulven, PhD, LP: Forget willpower and self-control! How we actually form new habits to improve workplaces and lives

Monica Riopelle, LMSW: Why it’s easier to succeed with mindfulness than you might think

Incorporating Mindfulness in Meetings

 

"I liked using mindfulness as a positive end to the session."

 

"I do want to say I appreciate the buddy system."

 

"Great visualization to the strength in numbers and the weakness of isolation using the redwood [forest example]."

Professional Help Resources

Connect with Others Dealing with COVID-19 in the F-M Area

NAMI Connection Recovery Support Group is a free, peer-led support group for any adult who has experienced symptoms of a mental health condition. You will gain insight from hearing the challenges and successes of others, and the groups are led by trained leaders who’ve been there.

Someone Died in My Care

Unlocking Us: Grief & Finding Meaning Listen here

Grief Out Loud Podcast The Dougy Center

Terrible, Thanks for Asking PodcastApple Download | Google Download

General Self-Help Resources

COVID Coach – Apple Download | Google Download

San Francisco Dept of Psychiatry and Behavioral SciencesPsychiatry.ucsf.edu

Government of Western Australia’s Centre for Clinical Interventions has put together self-guided worksheets and informational items for a variety of mental health conditions – View Resources

COVID-19 and Brain Health: Enhancing the Resilience to Stress Ratio – Watch here

What is COVID-19 Brain Fog and How Can You Clear It? – Read here

Our Brains Were Not Built for This Much Uncertainty – Read here

How Isolation Affects Memory and Thinking Skills – Read here

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