American Nurses Foundation Gratitude Podcast -Creating a Plan for Gratitude (How to Start at an Individual Level)

American Nurses Foundation Gratitude Podcast - Creating an Plan for Gratitude (How to Start at an Individual Level) with Deirdre O’Flaherty, DNP, MSN, APRN- BC, NEA, ONC

Welcome to a special series on Gratitude brought to you by the American Nurses Foundation through the generous support of the Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Disaster Recovery Fund.

In this special series we will explore how developing gratitude practices can significantly improve your health and well-being, while also improving your work, safety, relationships, self-care, growth, and joy.

The American Nurses Foundation has undertaken this work as part of its Well-Being Initiative, which supports nurses’ mental health through the pandemic and beyond. Decades of research have shown that practicing gratitude is highly effective in promoting physical and psychological health, both at the individual and organizational levels. This podcast series builds up previous work conducted by the American Nurses Foundation in partnership with the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley.

Gratitude Practice for Nurses toolkit was designed to create easy-to-implement evidence based practices.

In this episode, Deirdre O’Flaherty, Sr Director of Patient Care, Lennox Hill Hospital, Northwell Health, and I explore how gratitude begins as personal practice and commitment to ourselves requiring intention and commitment. Taking gratitude to our workplaces, integrating this with teams, and reaping the benefits of what gratitude can bring involves modeling, mentoring, and creating avenues for individuals to explore how they can practice and share. We discuss how a set of activities can change people and cultures.

For more information about the Toolkit and other resources:

Well-Being Initiative: https://www.nursingworld.org/practice-policy/work-environment/health-safety/disaster-preparedness/coronavirus/what-you-need-to-know/the-well-being-initiative/

Gratitude Practice for Nurses Toolkit: https://www.nursingworld.org/~4a22c8/globalassets/covid19/gratitude_nurses_toolkit.pdf

Gratitude Practice for Nurses Implementation Guide: https://www.nursingworld.org/~4a22d0/globalassets/covid19/implementation_guide.pdf

Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/

Center for Disaster Philanthropy’s Disaster Recovery Fund: https://disasterphilanthropy.org/funds/cdp-disaster-recovery-fund/