TRAUMA-INFORMED PROVIDER SUPPORT BUNDLE
Healthcare providers are regularly exposed to trauma in the workplace.
- Although leaders cannot eliminate trauma, they can be sensitive to the trauma their staff experiences.
- Leaders can mitigate workplace trauma by building healthy work environments and organizational cultures that promote personal connections, foster trust and authenticity, and prioritize rest.
- Creating work environments where individuals feel safe promotes workforce retention, staff morale, and a culture of safety.
- Trauma-responsive leadership following severe maternal and neonatal events has the potential to improve the quality and safety of care provided.
MDMOM is developing and implementing a consensus bundle on support for hospital staff after a severe maternal event.
- Perinatal leaders from Maryland’s 32 birthing hospitals were invited to participate in a workshop on trauma-responsive leadership in labor and delivery care.
- Focus groups will be held with each hospital to understand their current debriefing practice. Support will be provided to create unit specific, individualized, and workable protocols for clinician support after a serious maternal event.
- Education on recognizing and responding to the signs of emotional distress will be developed to promote psychologically safe environments.
TRAUMA RESPONSIVE LEADERSHIP IN LABOR AND DELIVERY
WORKSHOP
Support after Severe Maternal Event and Perinatal Quality and Safety
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Provider Trauma: The Case of an Amniotic Fluid Embolism
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What Leaders Need to Know about Perinatal Trauma and Secondary Traumatic Stress
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