Burnout Tune-up: Help Your Staff by Empowering Patients
Published February 9, 2021
Patti Lael, RN, BSN, CPXP | Clinical Education Specialist, SONIFI Health
Julie Westrick, RN, MSN, CPXP | Clinical Education Specialist, SONIFI Health
Now a year into a global pandemic, clinical staff are facing burnout like never before. In this webinar, SONIFI Health’s clinical team will share simple tips that can bring relief to your teams while engaging and empowering your patients. Patti Lael and Julie Westrick, both registered nurses and CPXPs, have been working with dozens of hospitals to balance improving staff satisfaction and patient experience at the same time. They’ll bring their firsthand expertise and real examples of how frontline successes have been achieved to create more meaningful bedside interactions, provide patients autonomy and comfort, and streamline workflows with automations and integrations on user-friendly technology. Join us to learn practical ways—from no tech to high tech—you can better help your staff so they can better help your patients.
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