Find Your Forward
At Sigma, we are proud of the nurses and nurse midwives who have shown strength in the face of adversity to help educate future nurses and provide the best patient care.
As we continue to feel the effects of COVID-19, navigating a path forward can be a challenge. Sigma Nursing has developed the following free resources (microlearning videos, and handouts) to provide you with support to find your forward—resources you can use to help yourself and ways to work with others to advocate for change within your healthcare system. We offer these resources to you in appreciation of the work you do improve healthcare and the lives of people everywhere.
Free Webinars
Did you know that Sigma offers free webinars on a variety of topics, like self-care, bullying and incivility, avoiding burnout, and more? Sigma members can also receive free NCPD contact hours! Can't make a webinar? Watch them on-demand.
Resources for Advocacy and Strength
We encourage you to watch and download the content below at no cost to you.
Re-establishing trust
When trust is broken, the assumptive world of safety and security in the workplace is deeply violated. While grief is rarely identified as influencing broken trust, it is a powerful force that must be understood and acknowledged.
Understanding emotion
Ethical dilemmas meet nurses at every corner. We can't ignore the psychological impact this is having on nurses, leading to grief, anxiety, and other mental health conditions.
Meaningful recognition
Letting others around you know that you see them and support them in their efforts is essential in these challenging times. Providing meaningful support doesn’t have to cost you anything, and it is as easy as using something you already own: your ears.
Mitigating PTSD
While Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) was an issue nurses faced before COVID-19, pandemics can rightfully exacerbate the impact of PTSD, depression, and burnout on frontline workers.
Overcoming burnout
In studying the impact of past pandemics, the additional stress and other related factors has been shown to increase burnout among nurses and other healthcare providers. Prior to the pandemic though, the level of nurses experiencing some degree of burnout was already 40 to 50%!
Prioritizing self-care and finding harmony
You can’t give to others what you don’t have yourself. In a profession where you give 100% for the health of others, it’s equally as important for you to maintain a healthy, positive you. How do you ensure your needs are met despite the demanding expectations of your career?
Reframing forgiveness
When a lack of forgiveness infiltrates your entire health system, it moves from fear and anger to mistrust and high turnover. If we can reframe our thinking of forgiveness, we can awaken greater wisdom, compassion, and capability in our co-workers and ourselves.
Leading through crisis
What is the secret sauce impactful leaders have that makes them so successful in the same situations that others struggle in? Better yet, how do you build those qualities?
Advocating for change
Our shared COVID-19 experience is shining a light on competencies, preparedness, social determinants of health, and leadership. And not the success story we need. Whether you are in a formal leadership position or not, there are many actions you can take to lead to system level change.