Preparedness. Response. Recovery.
Strengthen your disaster readiness with a practical, evidence-based program designed specifically for nurses.
Through a structured pre-, during-, and post-disaster framework, you’ll build resilience skills, learn psychological first aid strategies, and gain tools to support both patient care and your own emotional well-being in high-stress environments.
This free, four-part online series is a joint collaboration between Sigma Nursing and the Johnson and Johnson Foundation, with support from the J&J Foundation.
Created with you in mind:
- Access anywhere, any time for free
- Understand the signs and impact of stress and psychological endurance
- Measure your level of preparedness with our self-assessment
- Enhance your crisis communication skills
- Learn decision-making techniques in the absence of standard resources and protocols
- Grow your peer support and learn a new mentoring model
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Our 10-minute microlearning modules introduce the program's core skills and self-care strategies. In these short videos, learn to prepare, take care of yourself and others in the heat of the moment, and then reflect on what happened after the disaster has passed.
Your Personal Resilience Plan
Nursing under pressure takes a toll—but it doesn't have to break you. Learn how to build a five-part personal resilience framework covering self-awareness, peer support, organizational backing, training, and work-life balance, giving nurses the tools to recognize stress before it becomes trauma.
Psychological First Aid
Fight back against the hidden psychological toll of disaster response work, from burnout and compassion fatigue to often-missed warning signs, with Psychological First Aid and the simple Look, Listen, Link method that can stabilize patients, families, and teammates.
Journaling and Self-Reflection
Packed with real, actionable strategies from spotting the warning signs of burnout and PTSD to knowing when and how to get help, this video is an essential resource every response team needs. At its center is a journaling guide with expertly crafted prompts that turn overwhelming trauma into manageable, healable steps.