Poster Presentation: Ethics And Moral Distress Among Certified Child Life Specialists

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Moral distress can be a serious problem for healthcare workers. At this institution, the child life ethics liaisons and the clinical nurse ethicist offered ethics education and moral distress rounds for the child life department. The goal was to decrease burnout and moral distress for the child life department. Outcomes showed that moral distress fluctuated throughout the year during the COVID-19 pandemic, but participants felt validated because of attending the sessions.

Learning Objectives:

Discuss strategies for successfully incorporating ethics into the professional development of child life departments.

Participants will be empowered to implement ethics education opportunities for own department.

Establish ways to leverage data to evaluate the value of providing ethics education and determine areas for focus.

1 PDU
Suggested Domain: Ethics

Katie Dolif

Certified Child Life Specialist

Children's Hospital Colorado

Katie Dolif is a graduate of Colorado State University and has been working as a Certified Child Life Specialist for 4 years. Katie currently serves as the Pre-Surgery CCLS in the Perioperative Services Center at Children’s Hospital Colorado. Katie’s professional interests include: working with siblings, ethics and parental presents in induction. Katie’s passion stems from her relational work of Child Life and incorporating the patients past experiences into current interventions.

Jennie Gerson

Clinical Research Coordinator

Children's Hospital Colorado

Jennie Gerson is a graduate of the University of Colorado at Boulder, and has been working as a Clinical Research Coordinator for the Child Life department at Children's Hospital Colorado for 3 years. Jennie has worked on Child Life research studies in several clinical areas including oncology, burn, MRI, and rehab, exploring non-pharmacological pain management, distraction, augmented and virtual reality technologies, procedural preparation and support, trauma debriefing, and medical dog support for hospital staff.

Brianne Newman

BS, CCLS

Children's Hospital Colorado

Brianne is a graduate from University of San Diego. Brianne has been working at Children’s Hospital Colorado for 16 years. Brianne has covered PRN, outpatient clinics, surgery and is currently part time in radiology. Brianne has served as a chair on the child life research committee. Brianne is a secondary dog handler working with Galaxy. Brianne is passionate about collaborating with the medical team to provide a positive hospital experience for patients and families.